Factors controlling germination and dormancy processes in dimorphic fruits of Atriplex inflata (Chenopodiaceae)

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-312

  Atia, Abdallah ^a   Rabhi, Mokded ^a   Debez, Ahmed ^a   Barhoumi, Zouhaier ^a   Abdelly, Chedly ^a   Smaoui, Abderrazak ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Atriplex inflata; Fruit dimorphism; Physical dormancy; Physiological dormancy; Population survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455212702     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2011.629     Document Type: Article

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