On the use of fungicides in ecological seed burial studies

Seed Science Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-60

  Mitschunas, Nadine ^a,c   Filser, Juliane ^a   Wagner, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Fungal attack; Fungicide treatment; Mortality; Seed burial experiments; Seed longevity; Soil organic matter content

Indexed keywords

ANTHRISCUS; ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA NIGRA; DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; FUNGI;

EID: 68349147796     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096025850818727X     Document Type: Review

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