Effect of cryopreservation on brassica seeds germination

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 255-260

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brassica; Cabbage; Cryopreservation; Germinationt liquid nitrogen; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 4244186156     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1996.407.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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