African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6860

Full Length Research Paper

Treatments for breaking dormancy of the crotalaria seeds (Crotalaria ochroleuca)

Tiago Neves Pereira Valente1*, Erico da Silva Lima2, Luana Almeida Souza1 and André Dias1
1Instituto Federal Goiano, Posse Campus/GO, Brazil. 2Master’s Degree Studies Program in Environmental Health at FMU, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 31 August 2016
  •  Accepted: 09 November 2016
  •  Published: 24 November 2016

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