Effect of seed size and genotype on germination characteristic and seed nutrient content of wheat

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2019-2025

  Nik, Mohsen Moussavi ^a   Babaeian, Mahdi ^b   Tavassoli, Abolfazl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotype; Germination characteristic; Nutrient content; Seed size; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 79958779713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/sre11.621     Document Type: Article

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