Chlorophyll fluorescence of Brassica oleracea seeds as a non-destructive marker for seed maturity and seed performance

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 437-443

  Jalink, Henk ^a   Van Der Schoor, Rob ^a   Frandas, Angela ^a,b   Van Pijlen, Jaap G ^a   Bino, Raoul J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISOTOPIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cabbage seed; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Degreening; Maturation; Non destructive marker; Quality; Sorting

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLEARACEA;

EID: 0032438862     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500004402     Document Type: Article

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