Effect of temperatures during seed development and pretreatment on seed dormancy of Malus sargentii and M. sieboldii

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Thomsen, K A ^a,b   Eriksen, E N ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b State Forest Tree Improvement Stn   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALUS SARGENTII; MALUS SIEBOLDII; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33645764193     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2006.34.1.25     Document Type: Article

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