Understanding the germination of bulbils from an ecological perspective: A case study on Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 945-955

  Walck, Jeffrey L ^a   Cofer, M Shea ^a   Hidayati, Siti N ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial tubers; bulbils; Dioscorea polystachya; Dioscoreaceae; dormancy; germination ecology; soil bulbil bank

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GERMINATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; SEED DORMANCY; SURVIVORSHIP; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; GERMINATION; PLANT SHOOTS;

DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 78649583489     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq189     Document Type: Article

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