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Physiological and biochemical studies of seed storage parameters in Carica papaya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

W. Magill ,
N. Deighton ,
H. W. Pritchard ,
E. E. Benson  and
B. A. Goodman
W. Magill
Affiliation:
Jodrell Laboratory, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TN, and Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, UK
N. Deighton
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
H. W. Pritchard
Affiliation:
Jodrell Laboratory, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TN, UK
E. E. Benson
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, UK
B. A. Goodman
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 102: Oxygen and Environmental Stress in Plants , 1994 , pp. 439 - 442
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