Germination responses of Solanum aculeastrum, a medicinal species of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 735-740

  Adebola, P O ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM;

EID: 33751192045     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2006.34.3.20     Document Type: Article

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