Seed storage and viability of Myristica malabarica Lam. an endemic species of Southern Western Ghats (India)

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 651-657

  Anil Kumar, C ^a   Babu, K P ^a   Krishnan, P N ^a  

^a Trop Botanic Gdn and Res Inst   (India)

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MYRISTICA MALABARICA;

EID: 0036408772     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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