Germination requirements of the alpine endemic Silene elisabethae Jan: Effects of cold stratification, light and GA3

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-87

  Mondoni, A ^a   Daws, M I ^b   Belotti, J ^a   Rossi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; SILENE; SILENE ELISABETHAE;

EID: 62249222490     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2009.37.1.10     Document Type: Article

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