Osmo- and hydropriming of mustard seeds to improve vigour and some biochemical activities

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 785-789

  Srinivasan, K ^a   Saxena, S ^a   Singh, B B ^a  

^a Natl Bur of Plant Genetic Rsrc   (India)

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