Accelerated ageing test of aubergine, cucumber and melon seeds in relation to time and temperature variables

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 851-855

  Demir, I ^a   Ozden, Y S ^b   Yilmaz, K ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MELONGENA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 11144247020     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2004.32.3.20     Document Type: Article

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