Germination of the hard seed coated Opuntia tomentosa S.D., a cacti from the México valley

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-42

  Olvera Carrillo, Yadira ^a   Márquez Guzmán, Judith ^a   Barradas, Víctor L ^b   Sánchez Coronado, Ma Esther ^b   Orozco Segovia, Alma ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acid scarification; After ripening; Dry heat; Physical dormancy; Physiological dormancy; Seed age; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; GERMINATION; SCARIFICATION; SEED DORMANCY; SEED TREATMENT;

MEXICO;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 0038678036     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)00268-9     Document Type: Article

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