The effect of pre-sowing treatments and light on seed germination of Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss: An endangered medicinal plant in Iran

Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 559-566

  Fattahi, Mohammad ^a   Nazeri, Vahideh ^a   Sefidkon, Fatemeh ^b   Zamani, Zabihollah ^a   Palazon, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

in vitro; sandpaper; scarification; seedling survival; sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

DRACOCEPHALUM KOTSCHYI;

EID: 84864445639     PISSN: 22113452     EISSN: 22113460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-011-0057-0     Document Type: Article

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