Strict requirement of fluctuating temperatures as a reliable gap signal in Picris hieracioides var. japonica seed germination

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-156

  Honda, Yukio ^a   Katoh, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluctuating temperatures; Gap detection; Leaf canopy inhibition; Light requirement; Phytochrome; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; RIVER BANK; SEED BANK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ASTERACEAE; JAPONICA; PICRIS HIERACIOIDES;

EID: 34848833155     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9254-9     Document Type: Article

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