The effect of different pre-sowing seed treatments, temperature and light on the germination of five Senna species from Ethiopia

New Forests

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-171

  Teketay, Demel ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Acid treatment; Boiling water treatment; Dormancy; Mechanical scarification; Multipurpose species; Optimum germination temperature

Indexed keywords

SENNA SPP.; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE; SENNA; SENNA BICAPSULARIS; SENNA DIDYMOBOTRYA; SENNA DIDYMOBTRYA; SENNA MULTIGLANDULOSA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SENNA OCCIDENTLAIS; SENNA SEPTEMTRIONALIS;

PRESOWING TREATMENT; SEED TREATMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0029661239     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00033411     Document Type: Article

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