Germination of Nine Species of A Pioneer Plant Community of Pliocene Clay Soils of Central Western Italy Under Different Photo- and Thermo-Periods

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Boscagli, Aldemaro ^a   Maccherini, Simona ^a   Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artemisia cretacea; Germination; Parapholido artemisietum cretaceae; Parapholis incurva; Parapholis strigosa

Indexed keywords

AEGILOPS GENICULATA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CRETACEA; BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYUM; HORDEUM; HORDEUM MARITIMUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO MINIMA; PARAPHOLIS INCURVA; PARAPHOLIS STRIGOSA; POACEAE; SCORPIURUS MURICATUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SCABRUM;

EID: 0030363551     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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