Seed dormancy and germination in threatened Iberian Coincya (Brassicaceae) taxa

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-266

  Copete, Miguel A ^a   Herranz, José M ^a   Ferrandis, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beak fruit portion; Germination; Physiological dormancy; Seed age; Valvar fruit portion

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; SEED DORMANCY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

COINCYA; COINCYA LONGIROSTRA; COINCYA MONENSIS; COINCYA RUPESTRIS;

EID: 21444445578     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-2-257.1     Document Type: Article

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