Seed germination of three provenances of Arbutus Andrachne L. in response to different pretreatments, temperature and light

Propagation of Ornamental Plants

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Tilki, Fahrettin ^a   Guner, Sinan ^a  

^a ARTVIN CORUH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eastern strawberry tree; GA3; Scarification; Seed dormancy; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ANDRACHNE; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE; ARBUTUS UNEDO; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 37149039101     PISSN: 13119109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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