Improving germination in windmillgrass ecotypes

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 660-663

  Herrera C, F ^a   Ocumpaugh, W R ^b   Ortega S, J Alfonso ^c,e   Lloyd Reilley, J ^d   Rasmussen, G A ^c   Maher, S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

^e MSC 228 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Caryopsis; Chloris cucullata; Chloris subdolichostachya; Dormancy; Native grasses; Scarification

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; GERMINATION; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; SCARIFICATION; SEED DORMANCY;

CARYOPSIS; CHLORIS CUCULLATA; CHLORIS SUBDOLICHOSTACHYA; CHLORIS VERTICILLATA; PALEA; POACEAE;

EID: 33845474296     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-007R1.1     Document Type: Article

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