Effects of halo and phytohormone seed priming on germination and seedling growth of maize under different duration of accelerated ageing treatment

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 6453-6462

  Siadat, Seyed Ata ^a   Moosavi, Seyed Amir ^b   Zadeh, Meharan Sharafi ^c   Fotouhi, Farbod ^a   Zirezadeh, Mehdi ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University Ahwaz   (Iran)

^c Safiabad Agricultural Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accelerated ageing; Gibberlline; KNO3; Maize; Seed; Seed priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255183036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.920     Document Type: Article

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