Effect of boiling water, seed coat structure and provenance on the germination of Acacia melanoxylon seeds

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-147

  Burrows, Geoffrey E ^a   Virgona, James M ^a   Heady, Roger D ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; LEGUME; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROVENANCE; SEED DORMANCY; TIMBER; WOOD QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; FABACEAE; LENS (ANGIOSPERM); MIMOSOIDEAE;

EID: 67649400525     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT08194     Document Type: Article

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