Complex combination of seed dormancy and seedling development determine emergence of Viburnum tinus (Caprifoliaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-330

  Karlsson, Laila M ^a   Hidayati, Siti N ^b   Walck, Jeffrey L ^b   Milberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoxaceae; Caprifoliaceae; Epicotyl dormancy; Mattoral; Morphophysiological dormancy; Pericarp; Persistent fruits; Ruminant endosperm; Seedling emergence; Shrub; Viburnaceae; Viburnum tinus

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; FRUIT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ADOXACEAE; BOVIDAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM TINUS;

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; TIME; VIBURNUM;

GERMINATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; VIBURNUM;

EID: 16644386485     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci029     Document Type: Article

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