Response of eastern gamagrass seed to gibberellic acid buffered below its pKa

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 927-933

  Tian, X ^a   Knapp, A D ^a   Gibson, L R ^a   Struthers, R ^a   Moore, K J ^a   Brummer, E C ^a   Bailey, T B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

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TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 0038371417     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.9270     Document Type: Article

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