Large sunflower seeds are characterized by low embryo vigor

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 470-474

  Saranga, Yehoshua ^a   Levi, Avishag ^a   Horcicka, Pavel ^a,b   Wolf, Shmuel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Germination; Helianthus annuus; Seed quality; Source sink relationship

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0031902748     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.3.470     Document Type: Article

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