Reproductive behaviour of natural populations of meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis)

Weed Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-73

  Qi, Meiqin ^a   Upadhyaya, Mahesh K ^a   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flowering; Meadow goat's beard; TROPR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344024544     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500093577     Document Type: Article

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