Asymbiotic seed germination, seedling development and reintroduction of Paphiopedilum wardii Sumerh., an endangered terrestrial orchid

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 138, Issue , 2012, Pages 198-209

  Zeng, Songjun ^a,b   Wu, Kunlin ^a   Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A ^c   Zhang, Jianxia ^a   Chen, Zhilin ^a   Xia, Nianhe ^a   Duan, Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal media; Ecorehabilitation; Organic amendments; Photoperiod; Plant growth regulators; Pretreatment; Seed maturity

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GERMINATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; HERB; MATURATION; PHOTOPERIOD; POLLINATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

CHINA; GAOLIGONG MOUNTAINS; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; YANGCHUN; YUNNAN;

ABIES; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPHIOPEDILUM WARDII;

EID: 84862824881     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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