Development of an assay to evaluate differences in germination rate among chickpea genotypes under limited water content

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-70

  Vessal, Saeedreza ^a   Palta, Jairo A ^a,b   Atkins, Craig A ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

early seedling growth; hydrothermal time model; seed imbibition; seed water uptake; time to germination; water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INHIBITION; LEGUME; LIMITING FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; THRESHOLD;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 84855938795     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11178     Document Type: Article

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