Imbibition response of green foxtail, canola, wild mustard, and wild oat seeds to different osmotic potentials

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-806

  Boyd, Nathan S ^a   Van Acker, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germination; Seed size; Soil moisture; Uptake; Weed

Indexed keywords

OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER;

SEED DIFFUSIVITY; SEED SIZE;

SEED;

DIFFUSIVITY; GERMINATION; IMBIBITION; SEED; SEED SIZE; SOIL MOISTURE;

OATS; OSMOSIS; PLANTS; SEEDS; WATER;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; AVENA; AVENA FATUA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SETARIA VIRIDIS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 4344582415     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-041     Document Type: Article

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