naa a22 4500 510785239 CHVBK 20180411083300.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12045-013-0094-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12045-013-0094-3 The sacred lotus [Elektronische Daten] An incredible wealth of wetlands [R. Mandal, R. Bar] The lotus is very much a part of Indian cultural traditions. Its importance has long been recognized and it has been grown for use as food, medicine and also for cultural and religious activities. Significantly, the longevity of the lotus seed is phenomenal, with viable seeds dated as being 1300 years old. Seed germination of the lotus is very rare in Nature; however, farmers' knowledge and experience may show how lotus seeds can be germinated. Indian Academy of Sciences, 2013 Lotus nationallicence cultural heritage nationallicence seed germination nationallicence propagation nationallicence lifecycle nationallicence plucking nationallicence Mandal R. Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, P O Rahara, 24, Paraganas, India aut Bar R. Department of Botany Bangabasi Morning College, University of Calcutta, 700 009, Kolkata, India aut Resonance Springer India 18/8(2013-08-01), 732-737 0971-8044 18:8<732 2013 18 12045 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-013-0094-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-013-0094-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mandal R. Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, P O Rahara, 24, Paraganas, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bar R. Department of Botany Bangabasi Morning College, University of Calcutta, 700 009, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Resonance Springer India 18/8(2013-08-01), 732-737 0971-8044 18:8<732 2013 18 12045 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer