Germination requirements of seeds of four woody species from the Sudanian savanna in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 581-593

  Zida, D ^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

BURKEA AFRICANA; DETARIUM MICROCARPUM; ENTADA AFRICANA; ERINACEIDAE; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS;

EID: 29644443521     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2005.33.3.06     Document Type: Article

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