Variation amongst Canadian six-row spring barley cultivars for germination and emergence characteristics in controlled environments and in the field

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-253

  Briggs, K G ^a   Dunn, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley cultivars; Field seedling vigour; Prediction tests; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0038791660     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P99-054     Document Type: Article

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