The effect of priming on seedling emergence of differentially matured sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) seeds

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 729-732

  Haghpanah, A ^a   Younesi, O ^b   Moradi, A ^b  

^a Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Tehran   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Emergence; Priming; Seed maturity; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349376727     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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