Effect of sulfuric acid pretreatment on breaking hard seed dormancy in diverse accessions of five wild Vigna species

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 550-559

  Wang, Y R ^a,b   Hanson, J ^a   Mariam, Y W ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIGNA; VIGNA MEMBRANACEA; VIGNA OBLONGIFOLIA; VIGNA RACEMOSA; VIGNA VEXILLATA;

EID: 36849095443     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2007.35.3.03     Document Type: Article

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