Loss and induction of conditional dormancy in seeds of Sitka spruce maintained moist at different temperatures

Seed Science Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-358

  Jones, Steve K ^a,c   Ellis, Richard H ^b   Gosling, Peter G ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional dormancy; Conifer seed; Dormancy loss; Dormancy model; Dormancy reimposition; Picea sitchensis; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031451407     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003755     Document Type: Article

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