Red to far-red ratio during seed development affects lettuce seed germinability and longevity

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Contreras, Samuel ^a   Bennett, Mark A ^b   Metzger, James D ^b   Tay, David ^b,d   Nerson, Haim ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Lactuca sativa; Light; Maternal environment; Photo sensitivity; Seed development; Thermoinhibition

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 58849102629     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.130     Document Type: Article

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