Seed dormancy, after-ripening and light requirements of four annual Asteraceae in south-western Australia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 707-714

  Schutz W ^a,b   Milberg, P ^a   Lamont, B B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

After ripening patterns; Annuals; Asteraceae; Australia; Germination; Light; Millotia myosotidifolia; Podotheca chrysantha; Podotheca gnaphalioides; Seed dormancy; Ursinia anthemoides

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; LIGHT; RIPENING; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DARKNESS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ASTERACEAE; AUSTRALIA; DARKNESS; GERMINATION; LIGHT; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTERACEAE; MILLOTIA MYOSOTIDIFOLIA; PODOTHECA; PODOTHECA GNAPHALIOIDES; URSINIA ANTHEMOIDES;

EID: 0036900844     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf250     Document Type: Article

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