Scaling of soil water absorption by seeds: An experiment using seed analogues

Seed Science Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^a   Koyama, Hiromasa ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analogue seed; Germination; Water absorption by seeds; Water balance of seeds; Water loss from seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032995927     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258599000197     Document Type: Article

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