Variation of seed heteromorphism in Chenopodium album and the effect of salinity stress on the descendants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1015-1025

  Yao, Shixiang ^a   Lan, Haiyan ^a   Zhang, Fuchun ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chenopodium album; Development of descendants; Salinity tolerance; Seed germination; Variation of seed heteromorphism

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEED DORMANCY; SEMIARID REGION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WEED;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHINA; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHINA; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SALTS; SEAWATER; SEEDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 77953018529     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq060     Document Type: Article

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