Activation and regulation of primary metabolism during seed germination

Seed Science Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Rosental, Leah ^a   Nonogaki, Hiroyuki ^b   Fait, Aaron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon metabolism; energy metabolism; imbibition; seed germination; seed metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894227961     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258513000391     Document Type: Review

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