Variability in seed dormancy of three Pacific Northwestern grasses

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-191

  Trask, M Melinda ^a   Pyke, David A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANTHONIA CALIFORNICA; FESTUCA VIRIDULA; STIPA LEMMONII;

EID: 0031837433     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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