Germination of Russian thistle seeds

Rhoads, W; Frolich, E; Wallace, A

Germination of Russian thistle seeds

Authors

W. A. Rhoads
E. F. Frolich
Arthur Wallace

Authors Affiliations

W. A. Rhoads is Associate Research Plant Physiologist; E. F. Frolich is Laboratory Technician IV, University of California, Los Angeles; A. Wallace is Professor of Plant Nutrition, University of California, Los Angeles.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 21(7):2-2. DOI:10.3733/ca.v021n07p2. July 1967.

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Abstract

Russian thistle seeds are remarkably adapted for survival of the species under semiarid conditions, but they do not survive on undisturbed soils.

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