Advances in understanding the genetic and environmental factors determining seed longevity CentralLongevity is defined as the extent to which seeds can remain alive during storage. It is an essential seed trait that serves to bridge the time between seed abscission until germination, and underpins global agriculture and plant species conservation. Over the past decade, the research field in longevity of orthodox seeds has seen major developments. Focussing mostly on data of controlled storage conditions in the laboratory, this chapter highlights
This book analyses one of the biggest and most effective political mobilisations of the post-war period
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it will be an essential text for any student of film
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This volume argues that in their lives and works
the use of doubled haploids and hybrid breeding
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Cowgill's dazzling mastery of the entire Indo-European linguistic world is on full display
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it is to reveal the term that most accurately expresses the ethical dimension of agricultural research
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this collection explains what makes Canadian luxury
