Water relations in seed biology;Relações hídricas na biologia da semente

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 55, Issue Special Issue, 1998, Pages 98-101

  Villela, F A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Bolsista do CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydration levels; Water potential; Water status

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744363079     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90161998000500018     Document Type: Article

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