FREE-RADICAL ACTIVITY AND LOSS OF VIABILITY DURING DRYING OF DESICCATION-SENSITIVE TREE SEEDS

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作者
FINCHSAVAGE, WE
HENDRY, GAF
ATHERTON, NM
机构
[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT ANIM & PLANT SCI,NERC,COMPARAT PLANT ECOL UNIT,SHEFFIELD S10 2TN,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT CHEM,SHEFFIELD S10 2TN,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH SECTION B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 1994年 / 102卷
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10.1017/S0269727000014196
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Viability loss during desiccation in the recalcitrant seeds of Castanea saliva, Aesculus hippocastanum and Quercus robur was accompanied by increased lipid peroxidation and build up of a stable free radical within their embryonic axes. We argue that the accumulation of the free radical marks the termination of a series of destructive events following the initiation of oxidative attack during moisture stress in recalcitrant seeds.
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