Sensitivity of cereal seeds to short duration treatment with hot, humid air

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Forsberg, G ^a   Kristensen, L ^b   Eibel, P ^c   Titone, Patrizia ^d   Hartl, W ^e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerated steam; Decontamination; Germinability; Heat treatment; Longevity; Prediction; Sanitation; Viability

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; DISEASE CONTROL; HEATING; HUMIDITY; SEED TREATMENT;

AVENA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037277097     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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