Requirements for seed germination in North AMerican pawpaw (Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal)

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 471-480

  Finneseth, C H ^c   Layne, D R ^a,b   Geneve, R L ^c  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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