Basic seed germination characteristics of the endemic species Nepeta rtanjensis (Lamiaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Todorović, Sladana ^a   Živković, Suzana ^a   Giba, Zlatko ^a   Grubišić, Dragoljub ^a   Mišić, Danijela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Growth regulators; Light; Liquid smoke; Nitrate; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEPETA;

EID: 35948935681     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2007.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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