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Optimal temperature and light conditions for germination of Elymus glabriflorus

J Brett Rushing and Brian S Baldwin
Native Plants Journal, September 2014, 15 (3) 209-218; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.15.3.209
J Brett Rushing
Assistant Research and Extension Professor , Coastal Plain Branch Experiment Station, 51 Coastal Plain Road, Newton, MS 39345
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Professor, , Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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