Softening of impermeable seeds of six Mediterranean annual legumes on the soil surface and buried beneath the soil surface

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 551-561

  Zeng, L W ^a,b   Cocks, P S ^a   Kailis, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 29644448329     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2005.33.3.03     Document Type: Article

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