Effect of chemical and physical treatments on seed germination of Erica australis

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-360

  Vera, Daniel Trigueros ^a   Martín, Raquel Parra ^b   Oliva, Sabina Rossini ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chilling treatment; Ericaceae; Gibberellic acid; Heat treatment; Low pH; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ERICA AUSTRALIS; ERICACEAE;

EID: 78249248005     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.047.0505     Document Type: Article

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