Drying rates following priming affect temperature sensitivity of germination and longevity of lettuce seeds

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 778-781

  Schwember, Andrés R ^a   Bradford, Kent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled deterioration; Germination; Headspace volatiles analysis; Lactuca sativa; Seed priming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DRYING; HYDRATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTROLLED HYDRATION; GERMINATION INHIBITION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

SEED;

DRYING; EMISSION; GERMINATION; HYDRATION; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 19944401087     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.3.778     Document Type: Article

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