Survival characteristics of corn seed during storage: I. Normal distribution of seed survival

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1394-1400

  Tang, Shande ^a   TeKrony, Dennis M ^a   Egli, Dennis B ^a   Cornelius, Paul L ^a   Rucker, Marcy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HYBRID; SEED STORAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032849432     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.3951394x     Document Type: Article

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