Effect of moisture content on the viability and storabiltfy of Azadirachta Indica A. juss (neem) seeds

Indian Forester

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 631-636

  Gurudev Singh, B ^a   Mahadevan, N P ^a   Shanthi, K ^a   Manimuthu, L ^a   Geetha, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; AZADIRACHTA JUSS;

EID: 0000082193     PISSN: 00194816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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