Temperature requirements for seed germination and seedling development determine timing of seedling emergence of three monocotyledonous temperate forest spring geophytes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 865-875

  Vandelook, Filip ^a   Van Assche, Jozef A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

E:S ratio; Epicotyl dormancy; Geophytes; Germination; Hyacinthoides non scripta; Monocotyledon; Narcissus pseudonarcissus; Scilla bifolia; Seedling development

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOPHYTE; GERMINATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

GERMINATION; LILIACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

HYACINTHOIDES NON-SCRIPTA; LILIOPSIDA; NARCISSUS; NARCISSUS PSEUDONARCISSUS; SCILLA BIFOLIA;

EID: 54249127335     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn165     Document Type: Article

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