Natural variation in fruit characteristics, seed germination and seedling growth of Adansonia digitata L. in Benin

New Forests

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-125

  Assogbadjo, A E ^a   Kakaï, R Glèlè ^a   Edon, S ^a   Kyndt, T ^b   Sinsin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climatic zones; Germination substrate; Seed scarification

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; FRUITS; REFORESTATION;

CLIMATIC ZONE; FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS; GERMINATION RATES; MULTIPURPOSE TREES; NATURAL REGENERATION; NATURAL VARIATION; OVEREXPLOITATION; SEED GERMINATION;

SEED;

ARID REGION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; ORGANIC MATTER; REGENERATION; SCARIFICATION; SEEDLING; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECOLOGY; FRUITS; REFORESTATION; SCARIFICATION; SEEDS; SUBSTRATES;

GUINEA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 78650518569     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9214-z     Document Type: Article

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