Characterisation of soybean and wheat seeds by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-120

  Krishnan, P ^a,b   Joshi, D K ^a   Maheswari, M ^a   Nagarajan, S ^a   Moharir, A V ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycine max; NMR relaxation time (T2); Relative humidity; Seed equilibration; Temperature; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 10044233217     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000024286.23683.05     Document Type: Article

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