Longevity of Striga seeds reconsidered: Results of a field study on purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica) in Bénin

Weed Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 940-946

  Gbèhounou, Gualbert ^a   Pieterse, Arnold H ^b   Verkleij, Jos A C ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dry season; Dying off; Germination; Rainy season; Viability

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; GERMINATION; LONGEVITY; SEED; VIABILITY; WEED; WET SEASON;

STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18444403069     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/ws03-0221r1     Document Type: Article

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