Response of wheat and barley during germination to seed osmopriming at different water potential

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-235

  Al Karaki, Ghazi N ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Germination; Imbibition; Osmopriming; Water potential; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031735278     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.1998.tb00422.x     Document Type: Article

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