Irrigation with 5°C water and paclobutrazol promotes strong seedling growth in tomato (Solanum lycopersicon)

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-311

  Sun, Y W ^a   Chen, J J ^a   Chang, W N ^b   Tseng, M J ^b   Wu, F S ^c  

^a Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954912770     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2010.11512672     Document Type: Article

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