Seed dormancy in Trillium camschatcense (Melanthiaceae) and the possible roles of light and temperature requirements for seed germination in forests

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-226

  Kondo, Tetsuya ^a   Mikubo, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Keisuke ^a   Walck, Jeffrey L ^b   Hidayati, Siti N ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating temperature; Double dormancy; Edge effect; Habitat; Morphophysiological dormancy; Seedling; Underdeveloped embryo

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; LIGHT EFFECT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COLD; COTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; LIGHT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TRILLIUM;

COLD TEMPERATURE; COTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; JAPAN; LIGHT; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TRILLIUM;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

MELANTHIACEAE; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM CAMSCHATCENSE;

EID: 79851505575     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000151     Document Type: Article

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