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Seed Germination Ecology of the Cold Desert Annual Isatis violascens (Brassicaceae): Two Levels of Physiological Dormancy and Role of the Pericarp

The occurrence of various species of Brassicaceae with indehiscent fruits in the cold deserts of NW China suggests that there are adaptive advantages of this trait. We hypothesized that the pericarp of the single-seeded silicles of Isatis violascens restricts embryo expansion and thus prevents germi...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Yuan M., Lu, Juan J., Tan, Dun Y., Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26513241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140983