Seed hydration memory in Sonoran Desert cacti and its ecological implication

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 624-632

  Dubrovsky, Joseph G ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cacti; Drought; Germination; Pitaya; Seed hydration memory; Seeds; Sonoran Desert: Stenocereus thurberi

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; SEED HYDRATION;

CACTACEAE; FEROCACTUS PENINSULAE; PACHYCEREUS PECTEN-ABORIGINUM; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 0030475694     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445922     Document Type: Article

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