Seed germination of eight savanna-woodland species from West Africa in response to different cold smoke treatments

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-328

  Razanamandranto, S ^a   Tigabu, M ^a   Sawadogo, L ^b   Oden P C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Departement Production Forestiere   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SEYAL; BURKEA AFRICANA; CASSIA SIEBERIANA; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS AFRICANA; SENNA; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 23744469741     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2005.33.2.05     Document Type: Article

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