Seed germination and seedling fitness in Mesua ferrea L. in relation to fruit size and seed number per fruit

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 599-606

  Khan, M Latif ^a   Bhuyan, Putul ^a   Shankar, Uma ^b   Todaria, Nagendra P ^c  

^a N E Regl Inst Sci T   (India)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; Fruit production; India; Mesua ferrea; Seed germination; Seedling fitness; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

FRUITING; GERMINATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

MESUA FERREA;

EID: 0033404271     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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