Alleviation of dormancy in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds by hydration and after-ripening

Weed Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 968-975

  Gallagher, Robert S ^a   Steadman, Kathryn J ^b   Crawford, Andrew D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination; Hydrothermal time; Modeling; Priming; Weed seed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; HYDRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RIPENING; SEED DORMANCY; WEED;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM;

EID: 27944455971     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-075R     Document Type: Article

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