Thermal and hormonal regulation of the dormancy-germination transition in Amaranthus tuberculatus seeds

Weed Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-344

  Leon, R G ^a   Bassham, D C ^b   Owen, M D K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; Abscisic acid; Alternation; Chilling; Dormancy; GA; Germination; Gibberellic acid; Gibberellin; Hormone; Seed; Stratification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; BIOTYPE; DORMANCY; GERMINATION; HORMONE; SEED DORMANCY; STRATIFICATION; WEED;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 34447312831     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2007.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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