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Origin-dependence of variation in seed morphology, mineral composition and germination percentage in Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. accessions from Africa and Asia.
BMC plant biology - 15 Apr 2020
Blalogoe Jelila S, Odindo Alfred O, Sogbohossou E O Dêêdi, Sibiya Julia, Achigan-Dako Enoch G
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BACKGROUND: Spider plant [Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.], an economically promising African leafy vegetable, characterized for leaf yield components and nutritive quality, exhibits poor seed germination that hinders a wider expansion of the crop in urban and periurban horticultural systems. So far, there is little information pertaining to seed morphological traits and mineral elements content that may be...
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