Germination studies on three critically endangered endemic angiosperm species of the Kashmir Himalaya, India

Plant Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-115

  Dar, Abdul Rashid ^a   Reshi, Zafar ^a   Dar, Ghulam Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Alpine; Alternate light dark conditions; Perennial; Pre chilling; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANGIOSPERM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; HORMONE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT;

AQUILEGIA; LAGOTIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MECONOPSIS LATIFOLIA;

EID: 57349197090     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9436-8     Document Type: Article

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