Inhibition of barley grain germination by light

Seed Science Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 137-141

  Roth Bejerano, Nurit ^a,b   Van Der Meulen, René M ^a   Wang, Mei ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ca2+; germination; Hordeum distichum L.; inhibition by light; mannitol; water stress

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0029818882     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003159     Document Type: Article

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