Effects of precipitation and microorganisms on persistence of buried seeds: a case study of 11 species from the Loess Plateau of China

Direct and indirect effects of temperature and precipitation on alpine seed banks in the Tibetan Plateau

(2020) Miaojun Ma et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Predicting the consequences of global warming on Gentiana lutea germination at the edge of its distributional and ecological range

(2020) Alba Cuena-Lombraña et al.   PeerJ

Seed dormancy release of Halenia elliptica in response to stratification temperature, duration and soil moisture content

(2020) Da Li Chen et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Precipitation controls seed bank size and its role in alpine meadow community regeneration with increasing altitude

(2020) Hang An et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Water permeability/impermeability in seeds of 15 species of Caragana (Fabaceae)

(2019) Dali Chen et al.   PeerJ

Variation in seed longevity among diverse Indica rice varieties

(2019) Jae-Sung Lee et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Effects of soil type, period of burial and moisture levels on the germination of Oncocyclus iris seeds

(2019) Sergei Volis et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Seed mass and elevation explain variation in seed longevity of Australian alpine species

(2018) Annisa Satyanti et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Effect of soil moisture during stratification on dormancy release in seeds of five common weed species

(2018) X W Hu et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Dormancy-defense syndromes and tradeoffs between physical and chemical defenses in seeds of pioneer species

(2018) Paul-Camilo Zalamea et al.   ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of the effects of frugivory (endozoochory) on seed germination: role of seed size and kind of dormancy

(2018) Elias Soltani et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Modeling light availability for crop strips planted within apple orchard

(2018) Zikui Wang et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

The seed microbiome: Origins, interactions, and impacts

(2017) Eric B. Nelson   PLANT AND SOIL

Diversity and co-occurrence network of soil fungi are more responsive than those of bacteria to shifts in precipitation seasonality in a subtropical forest

(2017) Dan He et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Contribution of the seed microbiome to weed management

(2016) D Müller-Stöver et al.   WEED RESEARCH

A continental-scale study of seed lifespan in experimental storage examining seed, plant, and environmental traits associated with longevity

(2014) David J. Merritt et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The ecophysiology of seed persistence: a mechanistic view of the journey to germination or demise

(2014) Rowena L. Long et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Seed Dormancy, Seedling Establishment and Dynamics of the Soil Seed Bank of Stipa bungeana (Poaceae) on the Loess Plateau of Northwestern China

(2014) Xiao Wen Hu et al.   PLoS One

Waterproofing Topsoil Stockpiles Minimizes Viability Decline in the Soil Seed Bank in an Arid Environment

(2014) Peter J. Golos et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Effects of substrate type, moisture and its interactions on soil seed survival of three Rumex species

(2013) M. Abedi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Comparison of the crop species Brassica napus and wild B. rapa: characteristics relevant for building up a persistent seed bank in the soil

(2013) Tom J. de Jong et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Seed bank persistence and climate change

(2012) Mark K.J. Ooi   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Soil Biota Reduce Allelopathic Effects of the Invasive Eupatorium adenophorum

(2011) Xunzhi Zhu et al.   PLoS One

Anthropogenic fire drives the evolution of seed traits

(2011) S. Gomez-Gonzalez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Pace of Shifting Climate in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2011) M. T. Burrows et al.   SCIENCE

Progress in research on dry afterripening

(2011) Raquel Iglesias-Fernández et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

The reduction of seed-specific dehydrins reduces seed longevity in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Michaela Hundertmark et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

The germination niches of grassland species targeted for restoration: effects of seed pre-treatments

(2011) Markus Wagner et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

(2010) JEFFREY L. WALCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecological patterns and genetic analysis of post-dispersal seed predation in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) crop-wild hybrids

(2010) JENNIFER M. DECHAINE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Wet-dry cycling extends seed persistence by re-instating antioxidant capacity

(2010) Rowena L. Long et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Are fungi important for breaking seed dormancy in desert species? Experimental evidence in Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)

(2010) P. Delgado-Sánchez et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

A plant DNA ligase is an important determinant of seed longevity

(2010) Wanda M. Waterworth et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Seed mass and shape are related to persistence in a sandy soil in northern China

(2010) Ling-Ping Zhao et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Seed mortality in the soil is related to seed coat thickness

(2010) Antoine Gardarin et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Ecological correlates of ex situ seed longevity: a comparative study on 195 species

(2009) Robin J. Probert et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Seed viability determination in parasitic broomrapes (OrobancheandPhelipanche) using fluorescein diacetate staining

(2009) C J THOROGOOD et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Testing the high-tannin hypothesis with scatter-hoarding rodents: experimental and field evidence

(2008) Zhishu Xiao et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Mimicking a Semi-arid Tropical Environment Achieves Dormancy Alleviation for Seeds of Australian Native Goodeniaceae and Asteraceae

(2008) G. L. Hoyle et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Seed longevity: Survival and maintenance of high germination ability of dry seeds

(2008) Loïc Rajjou et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Seed Persistence in the Field May Be Predicted by Laboratory-Controlled Aging

(2008) Rowena L. Long et al.   WEED SCIENCE

Chemical and Physical Defense of Weed Seeds in Relation to Soil Seedbank Persistence

(2008) Adam S. Davis et al.   WEED SCIENCE

Fungal effects on seed bank persistence and potential applications in weed biocontrol: A review

(2007) Markus Wagner et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY