Investigation of Chilling Effects on Characteristics of Seed Germination, Vigor and Seedling Growth of Nepeta spp. Species

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Marzieh Asgari ¹ , Mohsen Nasiri ² , Ali Ashrafe Jafari ³ , Leila Flah Hoseini ⁴

1 - M.Sc. Rangeland Management, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd, Iran
2 - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
4 - M.Sc. Student, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran

Received: 2015-04-11 Accepted : 2015-09-22 Published : 2015-10-01

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