Improvement of germination of Vitex agnus castus L. seeds with seed pre-treatments

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 454, Issue , 1998, Pages 207-211

  Belhadj, S ^a   Gerasopoulos, D ^a   Maloupa, E ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b Agric Res Ctr Macedonia Thrace   (Greece)

Author keywords

Germination; Mediterranean; Ornamental wild species; Pre treatment; Propagation; Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

VERBENACEAE; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 34247103666     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.454.24     Document Type: Article

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