Quantifying the dormancy of Alopecurus myosuroides seeds produced by plants exposed to different soil moisture and temperature regimes

Weed Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 470-479

  Swain, A J ^a   Hughes, Z S ^a   Cook, S K ^b   Moss, S R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination; Seeds; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

GRASS; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEED;

ALOPECURUS MYOSUROIDES;

EID: 33750875222     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2006.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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