Dormancy in plant seeds

Topics in Current Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2010, Pages 43-67

  Hilhorst, Henk W M ^a   Finch Savage, William E ^b   Buitink, Julia ^c   Bolingue, William ^c   Leubner Metzger, Gerhard ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 77955962765     PISSN: 16102096     EISSN: 16106970     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12422-8_4     Document Type: Article

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