Survival of Schismus arabicus seedlings exposed to desiccation depends on annual periodicity

Planta

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1475-1482

  Gutterman, Yitzchak ^a   Gendler, Tanya ^a   Rachmilevitch, Shimon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Annual rhythm; Drought tolerance; Month of germination; Periods of desiccation; Seedling

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DESICCATION; GERMINATION; PERIODICITY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; RAIN; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

SCHISMUS ARABICUS;

EID: 77952545343     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1124-y     Document Type: Article

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