Wet-dry cycling extends seed persistence by re-instating antioxidant capacity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 511-519

  Long, Rowena L ^a,b   Kranner, Ilse ^c   Panetta, F Dane ^b,d   Birtic, Simona ^c   Adkins, Steve W ^b,e   Steadman, Kathryn J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Avena sterilis ssp. ludoviciana; Glutathione; Priming; Wet dry cycling; Wild oat

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FIELDWORK; GERMINATION; LONGEVITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VIABILITY;

AVENA FATUA; AVENA STERILIS;

EID: 78650310957     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0564-2     Document Type: Article

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