Effects of temperature and different pre-treatments on seed germination of four Halimium species

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 505-509

  Perez Garcia F ^a   Gonzalez Benito M E ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria s n   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALIMIUM; HALIMIUM ATRIPLICIFOLIUM; HALIMIUM HALIMIFOLIUM; HALIMIUM OCYMOIDES;

EID: 23744449889     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2005.33.2.24     Document Type: Article

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