Very fast-germinating seeds of desert species are cryptoviparous-like

Seed Science Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-167

  Liu, Kun ^a   Baskin, Jerry M ^b   Baskin, Carol C ^b,c   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

desert plants; mangroves; Salsoloideae; very fast germination; vivipary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881404043     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258513000135     Document Type: Review

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