Seed storage and germination of the palms Hyphaene thebaica, H. petersiana and Medemia argun

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 823-828

  Davies, R I ^a   Pritchard, H W ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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