Temperature controls seed germination and dormancy in the European woodland herbaceous perennial Erythronium dens-canis (Liliaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-480

  Mondoni, A ^a   Rossi, G ^a   Probert, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological adaptation; Embryo growth; Epicotyl morphophysiological dormancy; Radicle and cotyledon emergence; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; GEOPHYTE; GERMINATION; HERB; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOODLAND;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; EUROPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; LILIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COTYLEDON; EUROPE; GERMINATION; ITALY; LILIACEAE; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE; ITALY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM DENS-CANIS; LILIACEAE;

EID: 84859435372     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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