Germination response of weed seeds to light, light of short duration and darkness after stratification in soil

Swedish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 113-120

  Andersson, Lars ^a   Milberg, Per ^a   Noronha, Angela ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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