The subcellular basis of seed priming

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-456

  Varier, Anuradha ^a,b   Vari, Alice Kuriakose ^a   Dadlani, Malavika ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular repair; Desiccation sensitivity; Invigoration; Priming; Seed priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956792280     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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