Imbibition temperature affects winterfat (Eurotia lanata (Pursh) Moq.) seed hydration and cold-hardiness response

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-274

  Bai, Yuguang ^a,d   Booth, D Terrance ^b   Romo, J T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratoides; Embryo; Krascheninnikovia; Threshold water content

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; HYDRATION; IMBIBITION; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CERATOIDES; EUROTIA; EUROTIA LANATA; KRASCHENINNIKOVIA; KRASCHENINNIKOVIA LANATA; LANATA;

EID: 0032955312     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003690     Document Type: Article

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