Are fungi important for breaking seed dormancy in desert species? Experimental evidence in Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Delgado Sanchez P ^a   Ortega Amaro, M A ^a   Jimenez Bremont J F ^a   Flores, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Binucleate Rhizoctonia; Penicillium chrysogenum; Phoma sp.; Physiological dormancy; Prickly pear; Seed germination; Trichoderma koningii

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CACTUS; DESERT; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; INOCULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED DORMANCY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OPUNTIA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED DORMANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; DESERT CLIMATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPUNTIA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHYLOGENY; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS;

CACTACEAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA KONINGII; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STREPTACANTHA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHOMA; RHIZOCTONIA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 78650147640     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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