Water uptake and distribution in non-dormant and dormant wild oat (Avena fatua L.) caryopses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 308, 1997, Pages 683-692

  Hou, Jun Qiang ^a   Kendall, Edward J ^b   Simpson, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arena fatua; dormant and non dormant seeds; light quality; seed coat modification; water distribution; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

ARENA; ARENA FATUA; AVENA FATUA; CARYOPSIS;

EID: 0039793626     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.3.683     Document Type: Article

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