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Tetrazolium Test for Predicting Cold Test Performance of Seed Corn 1
Author(s) -
Moore R. P.,
Goodsell S. F.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1965.00021962005700050026x
Subject(s) - germination , agronomy , test (biology) , horticulture , biology , mathematics , botany
Synopsis Tetrazolium staining evaluation of internal seed structures were used successfully (r = 0.96) to predict cold test performance of 92 commercially processed and treated lots of corn. Germination percentages ranged from 89 to 100, and cold test values ranged from 38 to 95%.