Seed dormancy is a dynamic state: Variable responses to pre- and post-shedding environmental signals in seeds of contrasting Arabidopsis ecotypes

Seed Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-169

  Huang, Ziyue ^a,c   Ölçer Footitt, Hulya ^b   Footitt, Steven ^a   Finch Savage, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

afterripening; Arabidopsis; nitrate; seed dormancy; seed germination; soil seed bank; temperature

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84930577013     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096025851500001X     Document Type: Article

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