Seed germination and storage of woody species in the lower subtropical forest

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1469-1476

  Chen, Zhang He ^a   Peng, Jiao Feng ^a   Zhang, De Ming ^a   Zhao, Jian Gang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fruit and seed; Germination; Lower subtropical forest; Storage; Woody species

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GERMINATION; SEED DORMANCY; SEED SIZE; STORAGE; WATER CONTENT; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 0037004948     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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