Survival of dry and ultra-dry seeds of carrot, groundnut, lettuce, oilseed rape, and onion during five years' hermetic storage at two temperatures

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-358

  Ellis, R H ^a   Hong, T D ^a   Astley, D ^b   Pinnegar, A E ^b   Kraak, H L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0029868737     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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