Effects of different treatments on seed germination and breaking seed dormancy of Prosopis koelziana and Prosopis Juliflora

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-38

  Zare, Salman ^a   Tavili, Ali ^a   Darini, Mohammad Javad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

breaking seed dormancy; Prosopis juliflora; Prosopis koelziana; seed germination; sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HORMONE; LEGUME; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SCARIFICATION; SEED DORMANCY; SULFURIC ACID;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 79251601739     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-011-0121-8     Document Type: Article

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