Viability and vigor of osmotically primed muskmelon seeds after nine years of storage

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 408-413

  Oluoch, Melkizedek O ^a   Welbaum, Gregory E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Germination

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO; MELO;

EID: 0009655387     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.3.408     Document Type: Article

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