Deteriorative changes associated with the loss of viabiiity of stored desiccation-tolerant and desiccation-sensitive seeds

Seed Development and Germination

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 701-746

  Smith, Michael T ^a   Berjak, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203740071     Document Type: Chapter

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