Effect of seed source and temperature on seed germination of celtis. Australis L.: A promising agroforestry tree-crop of central himalaya, India

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-60

  Singh, B ^a   Bhatt, B P ^b   Prasad, P ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Seed provenance; Storage

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; GERMINATION; SEED; TEMPERATURE;

CELTIS; CELTIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 2042443805     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2004.9752479     Document Type: Article

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