Evaluating surface drying and re-drying for wheat seed priming with polyamines: Effects on emergence, early seedling growth and starch metabolism

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1707-1713

  Farooq, Muhammad ^a   Aziz, Tariq ^a   ur Rehman, Hafeez ^a   ur Rehman, Atique ^a   Cheema, Sardar Alam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Polyamine; Re drying; Seed priming; Soluble sugars; Surface drying; Amylase activity

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80051672314     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-010-0707-3     Document Type: Article

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