Comparative seed ecophysiology of wild and cultivated Carica papaya trees from a tropical rain forest region in Mexico

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-280

  Paz, Leoncio ^a   Vázquez Yanes, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination rate; Giberellic acid treatment; Light sensitivity; Seed dormancy; Seed size; Seed soaking; Temperature alternations

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; DORMANCY; GERMINATION; LIGHT; PAPAYA;

MEXICO;

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 0345646407     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.4.277     Document Type: Article

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