Seed germination ecology of purple-leaf button weed (Borreria ocymoides) and Indian heliotrope (Heliotropium indicum): Two common weeds of rain-fed rice

Weed Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 670-675

  Chauhan, Bhagirath S ^a   Johnson, David E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Emergence; Germination; Light; Seeds; Temperature; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GERMINATION; RICE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEED;

HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM; SPERMACOCE PROSTRATA;

EID: 51849114643     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-07-199.1     Document Type: Article

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