Thermal hardening for seed vigour and salt tolerance in cabbage

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 469-476

  Ziaf, Khurram ^a   Batool, Asmat ^a   Amjad, Muhammad ^a   Jahangir, Muhammad Muzammil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. capitata; Chilling; Dry heat; Salinity; Seed invigoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902188919     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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