Pepper seed longevity following production under high ambient temperature

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Passam, H C ^a   Lambropoulos, E ^a   Khah, E M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Athens   (Greece)

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