Effect of seed size and drought stress on germination and seedling growth of naked oat (avena sativa l.)

Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-467

  Mut, Z ^a   Akay, H ^b  

^a BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Genotype; Germination; Oat; Seed size

Indexed keywords

AVENA NUDA; AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 77956464272     PISSN: 13100351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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