Are cactus growth forms related to germination responses to light? A test using Echinopsis species

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-342

  Ortega Baes, Pablo ^a   Aparicio González, Mónica ^a   Galíndez, Guadalupe ^b   del Fueyo, Patricia ^c   Sühring, Silvia ^a,b   Rojas Aréchiga, Mariana ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Cactaceae; Echinopsis; Growth forms; Photoblastism; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYLOGENETICS; SEED; SEED DORMANCY; SEED SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CACTACEAE; ECHINOPSIS; TRICHOCEREEAE;

EID: 77950369603     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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