Enhancing thermotolerance of tomato plants (Lycopersieon esculentum mill) by heat hardening of seeds

Abstract Background High temperature is a crucial problem in growing good crops of high temperature-sensitive vegetables including tomato. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the effects of pre-sowing heat treatments of tomato seeds on germination, growth, and biochemical changes of...

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Main Authors: Sohair K. Ibrahim, Lulwa A. El-Muqadam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Bulletin of the National Research Centre
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42269-019-0106-x