A simple and robust in vitro assay to quantify the vigour of oilseed rape lines and hybrids

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 845-852

  De Block, Marc ^a   De Brouwer, Dirk ^a  

^a Bayer sa nv Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

2,3,5 Trtiphenyltetrazolium chloride; Acetylsalicylic acid; Brassica napus; Heterosis; Respiration; Salicylic acid; Vigour

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0038380922     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(02)01439-0     Document Type: Article

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