Effects of pericarp, storage conditions, seed weight, substrate moisture content, light, GA3 and KNO3 on germination of Euptelea pleiospermum

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Wei, X Z ^a,b   Liao, J X ^a   Jiang, M X ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EUPTELEA;

EID: 77950643772     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2010.38.1.01     Document Type: Article

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