Seed longevity of rice cultivars and strategies for their conservation in genebanks

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-260

  Kameswara Rao, N ^a,b   Jackson, M T ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Germplasm conservation; Oryza sativa l; Rice; Seed development; Seed longevity; Seed production environment

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0030056733     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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