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The Germination of Weed Seeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Lela V. Barton
Lela V. Barton*
Affiliation:
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers, New York
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Abstract

A review of recent work, especially, on the multitude of factors affecting the germination of weed seeds.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1962 , pp. 174 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © 1962 Weed Science Society of America 

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