Germination of 151-year old Acacia spp. seeds

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 741-746

  Leino, Matti W ^a,b   Edqvist, Johan ^b  

^a Swedish Museum of Cultural History   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acacia; DNA preservation; Macrobiotic seed; Seed longevity; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; GENETIC RESOURCE; GERMINATION; HERBARIUM; LONGEVITY; MUSEUM; PRESERVATION; SEED; SEED COLLECTION; SURVIVAL;

EGYPT;

ACACIA; ACACIA FARNESIANA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; ALBIZIA LEBBECK;

EID: 77952011458     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9512-5     Document Type: Article

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