Regulation of the germination of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) by nitrate, ammonium, and gibberellin, and its role in post-fire forest regeneration

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 390-397

  Henig Sever, Nava ^a   Eshel, Amram ^b   Ne'eman, Gidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASH; ECOPHYSIOLOGIC ADAPTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GROWTH REGULATION; NITRATE; PH; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT GROWTH; REGENERATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; WILDFIRE;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0034096062     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2000.108004390.x     Document Type: Article

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