Plant hormones and seed germination

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-121

  Miransari, Mohammad ^a,b   Smith, D L ^c  

^a Mehrabad Rudehen   (Iran)

^b AbtinBerkeh Limited Co   (Iran)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plant hormones; Proteomic analysis; Seed germination; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SEED; SIGNALING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 84889602520     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.11.005     Document Type: Review

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