African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 809

Full Length Research Paper

Rooting and establishment of Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss stem-tip cuttings

Anastasia Akoumianaki-Ioannidou*
  • Anastasia Akoumianaki-Ioannidou*
  • Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
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Aekaterini N. Martini
  • Aekaterini N. Martini
  • Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
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Maria Papafotiou
  • Maria Papafotiou
  • Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
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  •  Received: 23 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 20 October 2015
  •  Published: 31 January 2016

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