Matriconditioning integrated with gibberellic acid to hasten seed germination and improve stand establishment of pepper and tomato

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1953-1958

  Andreoli, Claudinei ^a   Khan, Anwar A ^b  

^a EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Growth regulator; Priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033273315     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X1999001000023     Document Type: Article

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