Germinability of Norway spruce and Scots pine pollen exposed to open air

Silva Fennica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Lindgren, Katarina ^a   Lindgren, Dag ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conifer pollen; Gene flow; Pollen viability

Indexed keywords

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINACEAE;

GERMINABILITY; NORWAY SPRUCE;

EID: 0030449740     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.a9216     Document Type: Article

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