The dead, hardened floral bracts of dispersal units of wild wheat function as storage for active hydrolases and in enhancing seedling vigor

• Buzi Raviv,

  Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

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• Gila Granot,

  Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

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• Vered Chalifa-Caspi,

  Affiliation The National Institute for Biotechnology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

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• Gideon Grafi

  * E-mail: ggrafi@bgu.ac.il

  Affiliation French Associates Institute of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-811X

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