Germination and hardseededness in desmanthus

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Hopkinson, J M ^a,b   English, B H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMANTHUS;

EID: 1842855289     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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