Nitric oxide implication in the control of seed dormancy and germination

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Arc, Erwann ^a,b   Galland, Marc ^a   Godin, Béatrice ^a   Cueff, Gwendal ^a   Rajjou, Loïc ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Dormancy; Germination; Nitric oxide; Seed; Vigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900874313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00346     Document Type: Review

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