Development of desiccation tolerance and germination physiology of Crotalaria pallida Ait. seeds

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-111

  Yang, Q H ^a,b   Yin, S H ^a,c   Song, S Q ^a   Ye, W H ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA PALLIDA;

EID: 2642556588     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2004.32.1.11     Document Type: Article

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