Seed physiology and germination of grain legumes

Grain Legumes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 327-363

  Kigel, Jaime ^a   Rosental, Leah ^b   Fait, Aaron ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84955159249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2797-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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