Ethylene in Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination

The Plant Hormone Ethylene

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-218

  Bogatek, Renata ^a   Gniazdowska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Embryogenesis; Ethylene; Germination; NO; Phytohormones; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890442889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118223086.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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