Farmers' Seed Sources and Seed Quality: 1. Physical and Physiological Quality

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-692

  Bishaw, Zewdie ^a   Struik, P C ^b   van Gastel, A J G ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Freelance Consultant ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

barley (Hordeum vulgare L.); Ethiopia; seed management; seed quality; seed source; Syria; wheat (Triticum aestivum L. and T. durum L.)

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84866447689     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2012.670695     Document Type: Article

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