Seed dormancy and germination-emerging mechanisms and new hypotheses

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Nonogaki, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Dormancy; Embryo; Endosperm; Germination; Hormone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902275624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00233     Document Type: Article

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