Survival of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai) seeds at 40°C prolonged by prior storage at 30°C

Seed Science Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-261

  Demir, I ^a,b   Van De Venter, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accelerated ageing; Citrullus lanatus; Longevity; Storage; Survival; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 0032734245     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258599000264     Document Type: Article

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