Laser irradiation effects on field performance of maize seed genotypes

International Agrophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-332

  Hernandez Aguilar, C ^a   Dominguez Pacheco, A ^a   Cruz Orea, A ^b   Ivanov, R ^c   Carballo Carballo, A ^d   Zepeda Bautista, R ^a   Galindo Soria, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^d Seed Program ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biostimulation; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; Seed vigour; Zea mays l

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; IRRADIATION; MAIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOWING; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIGOR; WAVELENGTH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952202322     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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