Correlation of modified water sorption properties with the decline of storage stability of osmotically-primed seeds of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek

Seed Science Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-397

  Sun, Wendell Q ^a   Koh, Dora C Y ^a   Ong, Choong Moi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Glass transition; Osmotic priming; Seed aging; Seed longevity; Storage stability; Vigna radiata; Water sorption property

Indexed keywords

VIGNA RADIATA;

EID: 0031435701     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003809     Document Type: Article

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