Role of short-term cold stratification on seed dormancy break and germination of alien species in southeastern China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 383-392

  Wang, JuHong ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Ma, RuiJun ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^b,c   Baskin, Jerry M ^b   Qi, Wei ^d   Chen, XueLin ^e  

^a HANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold moist storage; Comparative studies; Germination responses; Invasive species; Regeneration strategy; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMINATION; HERB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; REGENERATION; SEED DORMANCY; SHRUB; STRATIFICATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

CHINA;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; BIDENS PILOSA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; LANTANA CAMARA; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; SOLANUM TORVUM; TALINUM PANICULATUM; WEDELIA TRILOBATA;

EID: 84959138804     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0580-2     Document Type: Article

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