Chemical and physical defense of weed seeds in relation to soil seedbank persistence

Weed Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-684

  Davis, Adam S ^a   Schutte, Brian J ^a   Iannuzzi, James ^b,c   Renner, Karen A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay; Half life; Mechanical damage; Ortho dihydroxyphenols; Phenolic compounds; Physical protection; Seed coat; Seed longevity

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; SEED BANK; WEED;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; KOCHIA; SETARIA FABERI; THLASPI ARVENSE;

EID: 51849155495     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-07-196.1     Document Type: Article

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