Interchangeable effects of gibberellic acid and temperature on embryo growth, seed germination and epicotyl emergence in Ribes multiflorum ssp. sandalioticum (Grossulariaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-87

  Mattana, E ^a   Pritchard, H W ^b   Porceddu, M ^a   Stuppy, W H ^b   Bacchetta, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold stratification; Morphophysiological dormancy; Sardinian endemic; Secondary dormancy; Warm stratification; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DORMANCY; EMBRYO; EMERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GERMINATION; GROWTH; HERB; HORMONE; LOW TEMPERATURE; RARE SPECIES; SEASONALITY; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER UPTAKE;

ARTICLE; COLD; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ITALY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RIBES; SEASON; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING;

COLD TEMPERATURE; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; ITALY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; RIBES; SEASONS; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

GROSSULARIACEAE; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 82955233802     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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