Seed anatomy and water uptake in relation to seed dormancy in Opuntia tomentosa (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-592

  Orozco Segovia, A ^a   Marquez Guzman J ^b   Sanchez Coronado M E ^a   Gamboa De Buen, A ^a   Baskin, J M ^c   Baskin, C C ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

M xico Valley; Opuntia tomentosa; Physical dormancy; Physiological dormancy; Seed anatomy; Seed germination; Water uptake by seeds

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CACTUS; GERMINATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SEED; SEED DORMANCY; WATER UPTAKE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA TOMENTOSA; OPUNTIOIDEAE;

WATER;

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OPUNTIA; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

GERMINATION; OPUNTIA; PERMEABILITY; SEEDS; WATER;

EID: 34249950878     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm001     Document Type: Article

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