Corn seed response to gamma radiation as a function of water content;Resposta de sementes de milho à radiação gama em função do teor de água

Bragantia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Viccini, Lyderson Facio ^a   Saraiva, Luiz Sérgio ^b   Cruz, Cosme Damião ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corn seeds; Gamma radiation; Water; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009943387     PISSN: 00068705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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