The role of temperature in post-dispersal embryo growth and dormancy break in seeds of Aconitum lycoctonum L.

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 536-542

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aconitum; Deciduous forest understory; Germination; Morphophysiological dormancy; Ranunculaceae; Seeds

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNDERSTORY;

ACONITUM; ACONITUM LYCOCTONUM; DELPHINIUM; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 68349112481     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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