Germination requirements and cryopreservation tolerance of seeds of the endangered species Tuberaria major

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-484

  Goncalves S ^a,b   Fernandes, L ^a,b   Perez Garcia F ^c   Gonzalez Benito M E ^c   Romano, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISTACEAE; TUBERARIA;

EID: 68149092133     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2009.37.2.22     Document Type: Article

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