Drying method and subsequent desiccation tolerance and longevity of immature seeds of cedro (Cedrela odorata L. Meliaceae)

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 813-822

  Lima Jr , M D J V ^a   Ellis, R H ^a   Hong, T D ^b   Ferraz, I D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute for Research in Amazonia ^*

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