Pre- and post-dispersal factors regulate germination patterns and structural characteristics of Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium) cypselas

New Phytologist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 263-278

  Qaderi, Mirwais M ^a   Cavers, Paul B ^a   Bernards, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

After ripening; Cypsela maturation; Dormancy; Germination; Onopordum acanthium (Scotch thistle); Structural characteristics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CIRSIUM; ONOPORDUM; ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM;

EID: 0038687187     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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