Long-term softening of surface and buried hard seeds of yellow serradella grown in a range of environments

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 673-685

  Revell, C K ^a,b   Taylor, G B ^a,c   Cocks, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burial; Environment; Germination; Seed softening

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; REGENERATION; SEED BURIAL; SEED SOFTENING;

AUSTRALIA; MERREDIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS;

EID: 0031922690     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A97117     Document Type: Article

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