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Residual effect of germination temperature on the growth of peas

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In Pisum sativum there is a marked difference in the final height of the plants depending on the temperature at which the seed is germinated. Significant differences were also found in such parameters as growth rate, node of first flower, seeds per plant, pods per plant as well as flowers per plant.

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  1. Harry R. Highkin

    Present address: Department of Biology, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California

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  1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

    Harry R. Highkin & Anton Lang

  2. MSU/AEC Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 48823, East Lansing, Michigan, (USA)

    Anton Lang

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Highkin, H.R., Lang, A. Residual effect of germination temperature on the growth of peas. Planta 68, 94–98 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385375

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