Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 447

Full Length Research Paper

Evaluation of highland maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars for polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced moisture stress tolerance at germination and seedling growth stages

Habtamu Ashagre
  • Habtamu Ashagre
  • Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Ambo University, P. O. Box 19, Ambo, Ethiopia.
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Melkamu Zeleke,
  • Melkamu Zeleke,
  • Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Ambo University, P. O. Box 19, Ambo, Ethiopia.
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Mesfin Mulugeta
  • Mesfin Mulugeta
  • Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Ambo University, P. O. Box 19, Ambo, Ethiopia.
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Ermias Estifanos
  • Ermias Estifanos
  • Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Ambo University, P. O. Box 19, Ambo, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 14 May 2014
  •  Accepted: 30 June 2014
  •  Published: 31 July 2014

How to cite this article

APA /
Ashagre, H., Zeleke, M., Mulugeta, M, & Estifanos, E. (2014). Evaluation of highland maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars for polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced moisture stress tolerance at germination and seedling growth stages. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 6(7), 77-83.
Chicago /
Habtamu Ashagre, Melkamu Zeleke, Mesfin Mulugeta and Ermias Estifanos. "Evaluation of highland maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars for polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced moisture stress tolerance at germination and seedling growth stages." Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science 6, no. 7 (2014): 77-83.
MLA /
Habtamu Ashagre, et al. "Evaluation of highland maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars for polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced moisture stress tolerance at germination and seedling growth stages." Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science 6.7 (2014): 77-83.
DOI /
https://doi.org/10.5897/JPBCS2013.0461
URL /
https://academicjournals.org/journal/JPBCS/article-abstract/C0FFFF246304

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