Study of cardinal temperatures for pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed germination

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-97

  Zehtab Salmasi, Saeid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardinal temperatures; Conditioning; Cucurbita pepo; Seed germination rate

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 33645658987     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.95.97     Document Type: Article

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