Interaction between cryopreservation, rewarming rate and seed humidification on the germination of two Spanish endemic species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 683-686

  González Benito, M Elena ^a   Fernandez Llorente F ^a   Pérez GARCÍA, Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centaurea hyssopifolia; Cryopreservation; Cypsela; Endemics; Germination; Humidification; Limonium dichotomum; Seeds

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; LIMONIUM DICHOTOMUM;

EID: 18544399479     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0711     Document Type: Article

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