Application of Ga3 and kinetin to improve corn and soybean seedling emergence at low temperature

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-383

  Wang, Qingxiang ^b   Zhang, Feng ^b   Smith, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emergence; Glycine max; Low temperature; PGRs; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030433041     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(96)01028-3     Document Type: Article

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