Bracteoles affect germination and seedling establishment in a Mediterranean population of Atriplex portulacoides

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-96

  Redondo Gomez S ^a   Mateos Naranjo, E ^a   Wharmby, C ^a   Luque, C J ^b   Castillo, J M ^a   Luque, T ^a   Mohamed, M F ^c,d   Davy, A J ^d   Figueroa, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracteole; Enforced dormancy; Halophyte; Mediterranean salt marsh; Salinity; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES;

EID: 33750997568     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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