Physical dormancy in seeds of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cuscuta australis (Convolvulaceae, Cuscuteae): Dormancy-breaking requirements, anatomy of the water gap and sensitivity cycling

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Jayasuriya, K M G Gehan ^a   Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Geneve, Robert L ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a,b   Chien, Ching Te ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convolvulaceae; Cuscuta; Hilar fissure; Palisade layer; Physical dormancy; Seed coat anatomy; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Sensitivity cycling; Water gap

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; DORMANCY; SEED DORMANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CONVOLVULACEAE; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CONVOLVULACEAE; GERMINATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

CONVOLVULACEAE; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA AUSTRALIS; CUSCUTEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 45949111622     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn064     Document Type: Article

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