Irrigate for more seeds and heat for better germination in Australian everlasting daisies

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 454, Issue , 1998, Pages 241-250

  Choengsaat, Darunee ^a   Plummer, J A ^a   Turner, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Dormancy; Helichrysum; Helipterum; Rhodanthe chlorocephala; Schoenia filifolia; Seed production; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; GAMOCHAETA; HELICHRYSUM; RHODANTHE CHLOROCEPHALA; SCHOENIA; SCHOENIA FILIFOLIA;

EID: 0004015024     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.454.28     Document Type: Article

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