Hydrothermal time analysis of tomato seed germination responses to priming treatments

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 330, 1999, Pages 89-99

  Cheng, Zhiyuan ^a   Bradford, Kent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination models; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Seed priming; Temperature; Tomato seeds; Water potential

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032895948     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.330.89     Document Type: Article

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