Seed germinability and its seasonal onset of Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)

Weed Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 759-767

  Bram, Margot R ^a   McNair, James N ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decraene; Percentage germination; Reynoutria japonica Houtt.; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); RHIZOME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; STEM; WEED;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM;

EID: 28444470030     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/P2002-053     Document Type: Article

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