Stenocereus beneckei seed mass variation and its relationship to germination;Variación en el tamaño y peso de la Semilla y relación con la Germinación en una población de stenocereus beneckei

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Ayala Cordero, Gabriela ^a   Terrazas, Teresa ^b,c   López Mata, Lauro ^b   Trejo, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^c México Texcoco ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENUS; SEED SIZE VARIATION; SPECIES;

CORRELATION METHODS; FRUITS; HARVESTING;

SEED;

FRUITS; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; SEEDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

STENOCEREUS;

EID: 19944427128     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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