Dormancy breaking and storage behavior of Garcinia cowa Roxb. (Guttiferae) seeds: Implications for ecological function and germplasm conservation

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-49

  Liu, Yong ^a,b   Qiu, Yu Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Ling ^a,b   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chilling sensitivity; Desiccation tolerance; Dormancy; Garcinia; Garcinia cowa Roxb.; Germination; Physiological dormancy; Recalcitrant seeds; Seed desiccation; Seed storage behavior

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; DORMANCY; GERMINATION; SEED;

GARCINIA; GARCINIA COWA; RODENTIA;

EID: 22744445855     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2005.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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