Growing evening primroses (Oenothera)

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Greiner, Stephan ^a   Köhl, Karin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evening primrose; Experimental culture; Growth requirements; Oenothera; Pest control; Propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899156606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00038     Document Type: Review

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