Successful seed germination of the nickel hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-163

  Bhatia, Naveen P ^a,d   Nkang, Ani E ^a,b   Walsh, Kerry B ^a   Baker, Alan J M ^c   Ashwath, Nanjappa ^a   Midmore, David J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

After ripening period; Central queensland; Fatty acid; Metal hyperaccumulation; Nickel (Ni); Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Serpentine soil; Stackhousia tryonii; Ultramafic soil

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; GERMINATION; HYPERACCUMULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

STACKHOUSIA TRYONII;

NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CELASTRACEAE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

CELASTRACEAE; GERMINATION; LIGHT; NICKEL; SEEDS;

EID: 23644443669     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci151     Document Type: Article

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