Influence of temperature and water potential on laboratory germination of two Moroccan endemic thymes: Thymus maroccanus ball. And thymus broussonetii boiss

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4740-4745

  Abbad, Abdelaziz ^a   Belaqziz, Rim ^a   Bekkouche, Khalid ^a   Markouk, Mohamed ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Morocco; Seed germination; Temperature; Thymus broussonetii; Thymus maroccanus; Water potential

Indexed keywords

THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 80054004572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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