The role of moist-chilling and thermo-priming on the germination characteristics of white spruce Picea glauca seed

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-335

  Liu, Y ^a   Kermode, A ^b   El Kassaby, Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84893209098     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2013.41.3.01     Document Type: Article

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