Primed lettuce seeds exhibit increased sensitivity to moisture content during controlled deterioration

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1436-1439

  Hill, H J ^a   Cunningham, Jesse D ^a   Bradford, Kent J ^b   Taylor, A G ^c  

^a Seed Dynamics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Germination; Lactuca sativa; Seed priming; Viability equation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL; CULTIVATION; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GERMINATION; LACTUCA SATIVA; SEED PRIMING; VIABILITY EQUATIONS;

SEED;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 34648834259     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.6.1436     Document Type: Article

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