Use of the hydrothermal time model to analyse interacting effects of water and temperature on germination of three grass species

Seed Science Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-50

  Larsen, Søren Ugilt ^a   Bailly, Christophe ^b   Côme, Daniel ^b   Corbineau, Françoise ^b  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Festuca rubra; Germination models; Hydrothermal time; Hydrotime; Imbibition; Lolium perenne; Poa pratensis; Seeds; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 2142731174     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ssr2003153     Document Type: Article

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