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Mucilaginous Seed Coats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

James A. Young  and
Raymond A. Evans
Raymond A. Evans
Affiliation:
Range Sci., Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. of Agr., Univ. of Nevada, 920 Valley Road, Reno, Nevada 89502
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Abstract

Mucilage was detectable on the seeds of 8% of 233 plant species collected in Nevada and adjacent California. Mucilaginous species were restricted to the Cruciferae, Euphorbiaceae, Labiatae, Onograceae, and Plantaginaceae. Many of the species with mucilaginous seed coats are weeds. Mucilage may influence seed dispersal and greatly influences moisture relations during germination.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 52 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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