Seed maturity indicators in Myrica esculenta, Buch-Ham. Ex. D.Don.: A multipurpose tree species of subtropical-temperate Himalayan region

New Forests

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-18

  Shah, Shruti ^a   Tewari, Ashish ^a   Tewari, Bhawna ^a   Singh, R P ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Germination capacity; Mean germination; Seed maturation; Seed moisture content

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ARTIFICIAL REGENERATION; COLOUR CHANGE; EDIBLE FRUITS; HIMALAYAS; MATURITY TIME; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MULTIPURPOSE TREES; NATURAL HABITAT; NON-VIABLE; OAK FORESTS; SEED MATURATION; SEED MOISTURE CONTENTS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REFORESTATION;

SEED;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; MATURATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGENERATION; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VIABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BYPRODUCTS; FORESTS; FRUITS; GERMINATION; MATURITY; MOISTURE; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; TREES;

MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; PINUS ROXBURGHII;

EID: 77953694399     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-009-9179-y     Document Type: Article

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