Responses to various manipulations, and storage potential, of seeds of the unique desert gymnosperm, Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. fil

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 622-630

  Whitaker, C ^a   Berjak, P ^a   Kolberg, H ^b   Pammenter, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b National Botanical Research Institute   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; GERMINATION; SEED; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STORAGE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; MIRABILIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CRUSTOSUM; WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS;

EID: 11244317571     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30201-5     Document Type: Article

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