Effects of seed osmopriming on germination of three herbage grasses at low temperatures

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-338

  Mauromicale, G ^a   Cavallaro, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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