Effect of length of growing season on development of hard seeds in yellow serradella and their subsequent softening at various depths of burial

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1211-1223

  Revell, C K ^a,b   Taylor, G B ^a,c   Cocks, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flower shedding; Legume; Moisture stress; Ornithopus compressus; Pasture

Indexed keywords

ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS;

EID: 0032729307     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR98210     Document Type: Article

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