Germination behavior of wheat (triticum aestivum) varieties to artificial ageing under varying temperature and humidity

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1121-1127

  Siddiqui, Sadar Uddin ^a   Ali, Asjad ^b   Chaudhary, M Fayyaz ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62249114195     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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