The role of temperature in the seed germination of two species of the Solanum nigrum complex

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 317, 1997, Pages 2087-2093

  Del Monte, J P ^a   Tarquis, A M ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dormancy; S. nigrum; S. physalifolium; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 0031434263     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.12.2087     Document Type: Article

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