Seed characteristics and germination behaviour of some important coniferous trees of Central Himalaya, India

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 140-147

  Tewari, Pankaj ^a   Tewari, Ashish ^a   Ram, Jeet ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conifers; Germination; Himalaya; Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034779739     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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