Enhancing germination of eastern gamagrass seed with stratification and gibberellic acid

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 549-552

  Rogis, Carla ^a   Gibson, Lance R ^a   Knapp, Allen D ^a   Horton, Robert ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 1542290052     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.5490     Document Type: Article

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