Seasonal dormancy patterns and stratification requirements in seeds of Verbena officinalis L.

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-337

  Brändel, Markus ^a   Schütz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dormancy cycle; Germination temperature; Secondary dormancy; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

VERBENA OFFICINALIS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0038486612     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00164     Document Type: Article

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