Sensitivity to green safelight of 12 Mediterranean species

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Luna, B ^a   Perez B ^a   Fernandez Gonzalez F ^a   Moreno, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CISTACEAE; LAMIACEAE;

EID: 2642543522     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2004.32.1.12     Document Type: Article

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