Comparative germination of Tamarix ramosissima spring and summer seeds

EXCLI Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 198-204

  Yan, Cheng ^a   Wei, Yan ^b   Yang, Meilin ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bi seasonal seed; Germination; Salinity; Tamarix ramosissima

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED MORPHOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SEED STORAGE; SEED WEIGHT; SPRING; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 84855818899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16112156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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