Comparative efficacy of surface drying and re-drying seed priming in rice: Changes in emergence, seedling growth and associated metabolic events

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Farooq, Muhammad ^a   Wahid, Abdul ^a   Ahmad, Nazir ^a   Asad, Saeed A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amylase activity; Dehydrogenase; Priming; Rice; Soluble sugars; Surface drying

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MOISTURE CONTENT; RICE; SALT; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SUGAR;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77954087356     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-009-0170-1     Document Type: Article

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