Diurnally alternating temperatures stimulate sprouting of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) tubers

Weed Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-125

  Miles, Joel E ^a,b   Nishimoto, Roy K ^a,b   Kawabata, Osamu ^a,b  

^a School for Field Studies   (Palau)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

CYPRO; Dormancy; Tuber sprouting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008109376     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500093644     Document Type: Article

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