Monitoring seed viability of fifteen species after storage in the Irish Threatened Plant Genebank

Biology and Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Walsh, D G F ^a   Waldren, S ^a   Martin, J R ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0141685677     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2003.103.2.59     Document Type: Article

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