Rate of physiological germination compared with the cold test and accelerated ageing as a repeatable vigour test for maize

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-389

  Matthews, S ^a   El Khadem, R ^b   Casarinp, E ^c   Khajeh Hosseini, M ^d   Nasehzadeh, M ^d   Wagner, M H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Hi Bred Pioneer Niederlassung   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^e GEVES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956260498     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2010.38.2.11     Document Type: Article

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