Germination responses to temperature and water potential in Jatropha curcas seeds: A hydrotime model explains the difference between dormancy expression and dormancy induction at different incubation temperatures

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-273

  Windauer, Liliana B ^a   Martinez, J ^a   Rapoport, D ^a   Wassner, D ^a   Benech Arnold, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

dormancy; Euphorbiaceae; hydrotime; Jatropha curcas; seed germination; thermal time; water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DORMANCY; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JATROPHA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA; GERMINATION; JATROPHA; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EUPHORBIACEAE; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 84555178168     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr242     Document Type: Article

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