High viability recorded in ultra-dry seeds of 37 species of Brassicaceae after almost 40 years of storage

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-153

  Perez Garcia F ^a   Gonzalez Benito M E ^a   Gomez Campo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 33846812497     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2007.35.1.13     Document Type: Article

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