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Reflections on my career in weed seed germination research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2007

Grant H. Egley
Grant H. Egley
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2690 Bella Coola Road, Lake Waccamaw, NC, 28450–9558, USA
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Seed Science Research , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 3 - 12
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