How seed orchard culture affects seed quality: Experience with the southern pines

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 469-473

  Barnett, J P ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone maturity; Pinus spp.; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030474562     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc72469-5     Document Type: Article

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