Biopriming of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed with Pseudomonas fluorescens for improvement of seed invigoration and seedling growth

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 564-570

  Moeinzadeh, A ^a   Sharif Zadeh, F ^a   Ahmadzadeh, M ^a   Tajabadi, F Heidari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biopriming; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Seed invigoration; Seedling growth improvement; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 77957945733     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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