Germination and vigour loss of non-sprouted and sprouted wheat seeds during storage - Testing the viability constants

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Stahl, M ^a   Steiner, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germination; Sprouting; Storage; Viability constants; Vigour; Wheat seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031866918     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500004013     Document Type: Article

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