0 the substance inside a plant seed that surrounds and provides food for the embryo as it develops --
Naked embryos were sensitive to imbibitional stress, whereas embryos with an intact, thick-walled endosperm were not.
Rather, a stimulus released from the cotyledon is more likely to induce the major cell wall degrading enzyme, endo- mannanase, within the endosperm itself.
Statistical methods for dissecting triploid endosperm traits using molecular markers : an autogamous model.
As the most important source of staple grains, the endosperm is measured for a phenotypic trait of interest.
The size of the endosperm that contains essential protein, starch and other nutrients is an important criterion for crop breeding programmes.
A very thin endosperm (es) surrounds the embryo, leaving spaces of free water (w) in between.
After 28 d, embryos had grown to 0.6 mm2 and occupied nearly 60% of the mucilaginous endosperm within which the embryo develops.
At stage 8, the endosperm changed from a liquid to viscous consistency and occupied only 50% of the seed volume.
