Light environment in pre- and post-dehiscent fruits affects seed germination in Calotropis procera

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Sharma, Santosh ^a   Amritphale, Dilip ^a  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calotropis procera; Chlorophyll; Fruit developmental stage; Low fluence response; Phytochrome; R:FR ratio; Seed germination; Very low fluence response

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUIT; GERMINATION; LIGHT; RUBBER; SEED;

CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 36048972300     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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