Seed hydration using the drum priming system

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1220-1221

  Warren, Jabe E ^a   Bennett, Mark A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Imbibition; Moisture content; Sweet corn; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031438997     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.7.1220     Document Type: Article

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