Effect of temperature on seed germination rate of Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth.

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-133

  Aflakpui, Godwin K S ^a,b   Gregory, P J ^a   Froud Williams, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cardinal temperatures; Conditioning; Seed germination rate; Stiga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION RATE; PLANT PARASITE; TEMPERATURE; WITCHWEED;

STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 0032030215     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(97)00096-3     Document Type: Article

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