Inheritance of tolerance to chilling stress in rice during germination and plumule greening

Crop Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 660-665

  Sthapit, B R ^a   Witcombe, J R ^b  

^a Lumle Agricultural Research Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING PROGRAM; CHLOROPHYLL; COLD TOLERANCE; CULTIVAR; GERMINATION; INHERITANCE; NEPAL; RICE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0031812423     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800030007x     Document Type: Article

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