Anatomical and histochemical aspects of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) seed

Bactris gasipaes Kunth (peach palm) is a palm tree (Arecaceae) widely used by Amazon people, whose seeds have dormancy of unknown cause, which result in difficulties on producing uniform seedlings. This study aimed at identifying anatomical and histochemical aspects of peach palm seeds that may have...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Nazário, Sidney Alberto do Nascimento Ferreira, Eduardo Euclydes de Lima e Borges, Poliana Roverse Genovese-Marcomini, Maria Sílvia de Mendonça
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Series:Journal of Seed Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372013000200005&lng=en&tlng=en