Zinnia seed harvest time affects germination and plant growth

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 687-689

  Miyajima, Daiichiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Seed production; Seedling growth; Zinnia violacea

Indexed keywords

CAPITULUM; ZINNIA; ZINNIA VIOLACEA;

EID: 0030776661     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.4.687     Document Type: Article

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