Enhancement of seed germination in common carpetgrass and centipedegrass seed

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 769-770

  Bush, Edward W ^a   Wilson, Paul ^a   Shepard, Dennis P ^a,b   McClure, Gloria ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Novartis Crop Protection Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonopus affinis; Eremochloa ophuiroides; Potassium nitrate; Priming; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

AXONOPUS AFFINIS; AXONOPUS FISSIFOLIUS; EREMOCHLOA; EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES; POACEAE;

EID: 0033915823     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.769     Document Type: Article

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