Understanding poor storage potential of recalcitrant seeds

Current Science

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2023-2034

  Umarani, R ^a   Kanthaiya Aadhavan, E ^a   Mohamed Faisal, M ^a  

^a Forest Coll and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Recalcitrant seed; Seed damage; Storage life; Viability potential

Indexed keywords

BIGNONIACEAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; MALVACEAE; MELIACEAE; MORACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84930894573     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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