Electromagnetic field and seed vigour of corn hybrids

International Agrophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-332

  Zepeda Bautista, R ^a   Hernandez Aguilar C ^a   Dominguez Pacheco A ^a   Cruz Orea, A ^a   Godina Nava, J J ^b   Martinez Ortiz E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biostimulation; Corn hybrids; Emergence rate; Seed vigour

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMERGENCE; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; SEED;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951501321     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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