Effect of salt priming on germination and seedling growth at low temperatures in watermelon seeds during development

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 765-770

  Demir, I ^a   Oztokat, C ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 1842421837     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2003.31.3.26     Document Type: Article

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