Technical note: Pericarp removal has little effect on sagebrush seeds

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 384-386

  Yuguang, Bai ^a,c   Hardegree, Stuart P ^b   Booth, D Terrance ^b   Roos, Eric E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis; Germination percentage; Germination rate; Humidification; Water stress

Indexed keywords

RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0345465606     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003550     Document Type: Article

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