Germination behaviour of seeds of the New Zealand woody species Beilschmiedia tawa, Dysoxylum spectabile, Griselinia luck/a, and Weinmannia racemosa

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-105

  Burrows, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Germination tests; High viability; Rapid germination; Seed storage; Seeds

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; NEW ZEALAND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMINATION; WOODY PLANT;

NEW ZEALAND;

BEILSCHMIEDIA TAWA; DYSOXYLUM SPECTABILE; GRISELINIA LUCIDA; WEINMANNIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 0032984396     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512616     Document Type: Article

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