Respiration and germination rates of tomato seeds at suboptimal temperatures and reduced water potentials

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 300, 1996, Pages 941-947

  Dahal, Peetambar ^a   Kim, Nahm Su ^a,b   Bradford, Kent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

germination; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; respiration; temperature; tomato; water potential

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0029848265     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.7.941     Document Type: Article

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