Varietal variation and physiological basis for inhibition of wheat seed germination after excessive water treatment

Euphytica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Ueno, Kihachi ^a   Takahashi, Hidekazu ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ethanol; flooding tolerance; germination; Triticum aestivum; varietal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030951569     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002976732395     Document Type: Article

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