Germination, growth and biomass accumulation as influenced by seed size in Mesua ferrea L

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-348

  Arunachalam, A ^a   Khan, M L ^a   Singh, N D ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Germination; Mesua ferrea; Seed weight; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; RAINFOREST; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA;

MESUA; MESUA FERREA;

EID: 0141572435     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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