Rate of change in dormancy level and light requirement in weed seeds during stratification

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 795-801

  Noronha, Angela ^a   Andersson, Lars ^a   Milberg, Per ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burial; Cerastium fontanum Baumg; Chickweed; Cold stratification; Common mouse ear; Dandelion; Dormancy; Light requirement; Seed; Speedwell; Stellaria media (L.) Vill.; Taraxacum officinale group; Veronica agrestis L.; Weed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031472696     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0520     Document Type: Article

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