Seed germination in wild clovers (Trzfolium, leguminosae) from southwestern Europe (spain)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-232

  Devesa, J A ^a   Téllez, Trinidad Ruiz ^a   Rodriguez, P ^a  

^a Unidad de Botánica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germinability; Scarification; Vigour index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344266070     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.1998.10654206     Document Type: Article

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