Parental environment changes the dormancy state and karrikinolide response of Brassica tournefortii seeds

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1369-1378

  Gorecki, M J ^a,b   Long, R L ^a,b   Flematti, G R ^a   Stevens, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brassica tournefortii; butenolide; drought stress; germination; karrikinolide; maternal environment; parental environment; phenotypic plasticity; physiological dormancy; seed development; seed dormancy; weed seed bank

Indexed keywords

FURAN DERIVATIVE; KARRIKINOLIDE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GERMINATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; WEED;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; DROUGHT; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRASSICA; DROUGHTS; FURANS; GERMINATION; PYRANS; SEEDS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BRASSICA TOURNEFORTII;

EID: 84861589624     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs067     Document Type: Article

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