Pretreatment and conditions for testing germination of seeds of some common Indian Acacia species

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 525-529

  Thapliyal, R C ^a   Rawat, M M S ^a   Ramachandra, N G ^a   Aswal, S S ^a,b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICFRE   (India)

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EID: 0032420246     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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