Germination patterns in naturally chilled and nonchilled seeds of fierce thornapple (Datura ferox) and velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)

Weed Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-162

  Dorado, José ^a   Fernández Quintanilla, César ^a   Grundy, Andrea C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c National Farmers Union   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Population based threshold models; Weed population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DORMANCY; SEED TREATMENT; WEED;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; DATURA; DATURA FEROX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 63449123434     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-08-122.1     Document Type: Article

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