Effect of pre-soaking and pre-chilling treatments on seed germination of Pinus roxburghii provenances from western Himalaya, India

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-330

  Ghildiyal, Sunil Kumar ^a   Sharma, Chandra Mohan ^a   Khanduri, Vinod Prasad ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chilling; Chir pine; GA3; H2O2; Himalaya; Pinus roxburghii; Provenances; Seed germination; Seed sources; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GERMINATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PROVENANCE; REFORESTATION; SEED DORMANCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

PINUS ROXBURGHII;

EID: 70449912065     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-009-0055-6     Document Type: Article

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