Tropical seed species' responses to liquid nitrogen exposure

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Salomão, Antonieta Nassif ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Ex situ conservation; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037004110     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-04202002000200008     Document Type: Article

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