Effects of various treatments on breaking seed dormancy of Astragalus siliquosus

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 747-752

  Eisvand, H R ^a   Arefi, H M ^b   Tavakol Afshari, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands   (Iran)

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EID: 33751181215     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2006.34.3.22     Document Type: Article

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