Breaking seed dormancy in specially protected Turbinicarpus lophophoroides and Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus (Cactaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Flores, Joel ^a   Jurado, Enrique ^a   Jiménez Bremont, Juan Francisco ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Putrescine; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Turbinicarpus

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; TURBINICARPUS;

EID: 40149102971     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2008.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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