Caryopsis germination and seedling emergence in an inland dune dominant grass Leymus secalinus

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-257

  Zhu, Yajuan ^a,b   Dong, Ming ^a   Huang, Zhenying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cold stratification; Non deep physiological dormancy; Partial removal of endosperm; Sand burial; Scarification; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

DUNE; GERMINATION; GRASS; SCARIFICATION; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS;

CARYOPSIS; LEYMUS SECALINUS; POACEAE;

EID: 34247108555     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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