Germination ecology of three endemic species (Inula confertiflora, Hypericum quartinianum and Lobelia rhynchopetalum) from Ethiopia

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Teketay, Demel ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Ethiopian Agric Res Organisation   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Constant temperature; Fluctuating temperatures; Light quality; Seed size; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; GERMINATION; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ETHIOPIA;

HYPERICUM QUARTINIANUM; INULA CONFERTIFLORA; LOBELIA RHYNCHOPETALUM;

EID: 0032317938     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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