Germination ecology of the holoparasite Cuscuta epithymum

Seed Science Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-34

  Meulebrouck, Klaar ^a   Ameloot, Els ^a   Van Assche, Jozef A ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Hermy, Martin ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinational dormancy; Cuscuta epithymum; Heathland; Impermeable seed coat; Persistent seed bank; Risk spreading

Indexed keywords

CONVOLVULACEAE; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA EPITHYMUM; CUSCUTEAE;

EID: 38949178803     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258508871139     Document Type: Article

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