Effect of high temperatures on seed germination of Prosopis caldenia Burk

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-378

  De Villalobos, A E ^a   Pelaez D V ^a,b   Boo R M ^a,b   Mayor, M D ^a   Elia, O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fire; Germination; High temperatures; Prosopis caldenia

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GERMINATION; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CALDENIA;

EID: 0036859918     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1004     Document Type: Article

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