Germination Enhancement and Primary Establishment of Three Medicinal Plants

Subject Areas : Seed Science and Technology

Ghasem  Esmaeili ¹ (Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)
Askar  Ghani ² (Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Jahrom University, PO BOX 74135-111, Jahrom, Iran)
Seyyed Morteza  Jabbarifar ³ (Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.)
Nastaran  Hemmati ⁴ (Department of of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.)

Received: 2020-06-17 Accepted : 2020-10-07 Published : 2021-04-01

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