Methods of estimating seed banks with reference to long-term seed burial

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-248

  Ishikawa Goto, Masaki ^b   Tsuyuzaki, Shiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research and Development Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flotation by K2CO3 solution; Former topsoil; Long term seed burial in soil; Seed germination; Seed bank estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242695054     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-004-0147-5     Document Type: Article

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