Seed germination ecology of the annual grass Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata and a comparison with L. panicoides and L. fusca

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 571-577

  Baskin, Carol C ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^a,b   Chester, Edward W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooding; Grasses; Leptochloa; Seed dormancy; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; SEED; SEED DORMANCY;

LEPTOCHLOA FUSCA; LEPTOCHLOA PANICEA; LEPTOCHLOA PANICOIDES; POACEAE;

EID: 0032695828     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)86624-2     Document Type: Article

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