Longevity of maize (Zea mays L.) seeds during low input storage under ambient conditions of southwestern Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Daniel, I O ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Crop Plant Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Probit analysis; Seed conservation; Tropical seed storage

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38949102688     PISSN: 0971636X     EISSN: 09735399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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