Seed germination in weedy Brassica campestris and its hybrids with B. napus: Implications for risk assessment of transgenic oilseed rape

Euphytica

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Landbo, Lars ^a,b   Jørgensen, Rikke B ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crop weed hybridisation; Dormancy; Heteroblasty; Isolating mechanism

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0030799076     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003032804340     Document Type: Article

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