Effect of hydration and dehydration cycles on seed germination of Aster kantoensis (Compositae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-334

  Kagaya, Mitsuko ^a,b   Tani, Takashi ^a   Kachi, Naoki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aster kantoensis; Dehydration tolerance; Gravelly flood plain; Hydration dehydration cycles; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRATION; RAIN; SEED;

DEHYDRATION PERIODS; EVAPORATION RATES; SEED GERMINATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEHYDRATION; GERMINATION; HYDRATION;

DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRATION; PLANTS; RAIN; SEEDS;

ASTER; ASTER KANTOENSIS; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 18444401466     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-006     Document Type: Article

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