Long-living lotus: Germination and soil γ-irradiation of centuries-old fruits, and cultivation, growth, and phenotypic abnormalities of offspring

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 236-247

  Shen Miller, J ^a   Schopf, J William ^a   Harbottle, Garman ^b   Cao, Rui Ji ^c   Ouyang, Shu ^c   Zhou, Kun Shu ^d   Southon, John R ^e   Liu, Guo Hai ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Dormancy; Growth; Imbibition; Lotus; Seed longevity; radiation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; AGING; DORMANCY; FRUIT; GERMINATION; LONGEVITY;

LOTUS; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 0036189802     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.2.236     Document Type: Article

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