Investigating seed dormancy in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.): Understanding the physiology and mechanisms of coat-imposed seed dormancy

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 377-387

  Duclos, Denise V ^a   Ray, Dennis T ^b   Johnson, Daniel J ^b   Taylor, Alan G ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Germination; Lemma; Palea; Pericarp; Poaceae; Seed coat; Seed dormancy; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; GERMINATION; LEMMA; PALEA; PERICARP; POACEAE; SEED COATS; SEED DORMANCY; SWITCHGRASS;

CULTIVATION; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SEED;

ANATOMY; BIOFUEL; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GRASS; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SCARIFICATION; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

PALEA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84873839025     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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