Evolutionary considerations of claims for physical dormancy-break by microbial action and abrasion by soil particles

Seed Science Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-413

  Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion and physical dormancy; Evolution and physical dormancy; Microbes and physical dormancy; Signal detectors and physical dormancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034510894     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258500000453     Document Type: Article

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