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Overcoming seed dormancy in 2 Rocky Mountain native shrubs: Ceanothus velutinus and Cercocarpus montanus

Asmita Paudel, Youping Sun, Larry A Rupp, John Carman and Stephen L Love
Native Plants Journal, September 2020, 21 (3) 353-358; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.21.3.353
Asmita Paudel
Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, 4820 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
Roles: Graduate Student
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  • For correspondence: asmita.paudel{at}aggiemail.usu.edu
Youping Sun
Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, 4820 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
Roles: Assistant Professor
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  • For correspondence: youping.sun{at}usu.edu
Larry A Rupp
Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, 4820 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
Roles: Professor
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  • For correspondence: larry.rupp{at}usu.edu
John Carman
Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, 4820 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
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Stephen L Love
Aberdeen Research & Extension Center, University of Idaho, 1693 S 2700 W, Aberdeen, ID 83210
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