‘Aroeira-branca’ [Lithraea molleoides (Vell.) engl. - anacardiaceae] seed quality evaluation by the X-ray test;Avaliação da qualidade de sementes de aroeira-branca [lithraea molleoides (Vell.) engl. - anacardiaceae] por meio de raios-X

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 393-397

  Machado, Cibele Ferreira ^a   Cícero, Sílvio Moure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo morphology; Forest species; Radiography; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019942614     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162003000200026     Document Type: Note

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