Germination behaviour of two morphologically different types of seed of Cassia tora at different temperatures

Weed Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-92

  Bhattacharya, A ^a   Saha, P K ^a  

^a Base Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSIA; CASSIA TORA; SENNA; FABACEAE;

GERMINATION BEHAVIOUR; MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030613283     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.1996.d01-7.x     Document Type: Article

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