The effect of pod and priming on germination of sainfoin seed

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 800-807

  Noorbakhshian, S J ^a   Nabipour, M ^a   Meskarbashee, M ^a   Amooaghaie, R ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pod color; Priming; Sainfoin; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655185501     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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