Value of the mucilaginous pellicle to seeds of the sand-stabilizing desert woody shrub Artemisia sphaerocephala (Asteraceae)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-676

  Huang, Zhenying ^a   Gutterman, Yitzchak ^b   Osborne, Daphne J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dew; Endo glycanhydrolases; Exoglycosidases; Extended embryo hydration; Mucilaginous achene

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; DNA; ENZYMES; HYDRATION; METABOLISM; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEED;

MUCILAGINOUS PELLICLE; PREDATION;

FORESTRY;

ADHESION; ENZYMES; HYDRATION; METABOLISM; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEEDS; WOOD;

ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 9744277608     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0349-4     Document Type: Article

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