Effects of some combined treatments on breaking the seed dormancy and enhancing the germination rate from different Morrocan varieties of date palm
Subject Areas : Plant PhysiologyOumaima Harkousse 1 , Afaf Slimani 2 , Issam Jardane 3 , Mohamed Aitboulahsen 4 , Mouaad Mazri 5 , Lahcen Ouahmane 6 , Tayeb koussa 7 , Mohamed Najib Alfeddy 8
1 - Laboratory of plant biotechnology, ecology and ecosystem exploitation, department of biology, faculty of sciences, EL Jadida, Morocco.
2 - Laboratory of plant biotechnology, ecology and ecosystem exploitation, department of biology, faculty of sciences, EL Jadida, Morocco.
3 - Cadi Ayyad University, Department of Biology, Polydisciplinary University of Safi, Morocco
4 - Department of Biology, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Larache, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, B.P 745, Larache, Morocco
5 - National Institute of Agronomic Research, UR Agro-Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Marrakech, Morocco
6 - Cadi Ayyad University, Department of Biology, Polydisciplinary University of Safi, Morocco
7 - Laboratory of plant biotechnology, ecology and ecosystem exploitation, department of biology, faculty of sciences, EL Jadida, Morocco.
8 - National Institute of Agronomic Research, Plant Protection Unit, Laboratory of Phyto-Bacteriology, Marrakech, Morocco
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