Temperatures during storage, light and wetting affecting caryopses germinability of Schismus arabicus, a common desert annual grass

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-85

  Gutterman, Yitzchak ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

alternating or constant temperatures; dry storage temperatures; ecological importance; germination; partial germination; survival strategies

Indexed keywords

SCHISMUS ARABICUS; POACEAE;

CARYOPSIS; LIGHT;

EID: 0030131618     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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