Germination requirements for 29 terrestrial and wetland wild plant species appropriate for phytotoxicity testing

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  White, Andrea L ^a   Boutin, Céline ^a   Dalton, Rebecca L ^a   Henkelman, Bettina ^a   Carpenter, David ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herbaceous plants; Non crop plant species; Non target plant testing; Pesticide assessment guidelines; Regulatory studies

Indexed keywords

WATER;

GERMINATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; SEED; TOXICITY TEST; WETLAND; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

GERMINATION; PLANTS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 58549101475     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1638     Document Type: Article

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