Vigour tests as indicators of seed viability

Genetika

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-118

  Milošević, Mirjana ^a   Vujaković, Milka ^b   Karagić, Dura ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF FIELD AND VEGETABLE CROPS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Seed quality; Seed vigour; Vigour tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957615523     PISSN: 05340012     EISSN: 18206069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/GENSR1001103M     Document Type: Article

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