Breaking primary dormancy in seeds of the perennial pasture legume tedera (Bituminaria bituminosa C.H. Stirt. vars albomarginata and crassiuscula)

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 365-373

  Castello, M ^a,b   Croser, J S ^a   Lulsdorf, M M ^c   Ramankutty, P ^a   Pradhan, A ^a   Nelson, M N ^a   Real, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

GA3 embryo culture; Hybrid; Scarification; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

BITUMINARIA BITUMINOSA;

EID: 84926528932     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12107     Document Type: Article

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