Temperature and germination relationships of Festuca varieties

Plant Varieties and Seeds

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Brar, G S ^a,b   Palazzo, A J ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b EarthCare   (United States)

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EID: 0030869210     PISSN: 09523863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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