Evaluation of different scarification methods to remove hardseededness in Trifolium subterraneum and Medicago polymorpha accessions of the Spanish base genebank

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 671-681

  Martin, I ^a   De La Cuadra, C ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 11144222670     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2004.32.3.03     Document Type: Article

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