Germination results on dormant seeds of fifteen tree species autumn sown in a Northern Greek nursery

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Takos, I A ^a   Efthimiou, G Sp ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Forest nursery; Forest seeds; Germination; Viability

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

GERMINATION;

FORESTRY;

CARPINUS; CARPINUS BETULUS; CELTIS; CELTIS AUSTRALIS; CERCIS; CERCIS SILIQUASTRUM; CORIARIA; CORNUS; CORNUS SANGUINEA; COTINUS; COTINUS COGGYGRIA; EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ORNUS; HEDERA; LAMB; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PALIURUS; PHILLYREA; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS; PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA; RHUS; RHUS CORIARIA; SORBUS; SORBUS TORMINALIS; TORMINALIS;

EID: 0042376068     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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