Fate of annual pasture legumes seeds on a two-way thermogradient plate

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-241

  Lodge, G M ^a   Whalley, R D B ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternating temperatures; Dormancy; Germination; Non viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942510076     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ02013     Document Type: Article

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