Seed dormancy and weed emergence: from simulating environmental change to understanding trait plasticity, adaptive evolution, and population fitness
Kazumi Nakabayashi, Gerhard Leubner‐Metzger
Abstract
This article comments on: Fernández Farnocchia RB, Benech-Arnold RL, Mantese A, Batlla D. 2021. Optimization of timing of next-generation emergence in Amaranthus hybridus is determined via modulation of seed dormancy by the maternal environment. Journal of Experimental Botany 72, 4283–4297.
Topics & Concepts
DormancyBiologySeed dormancyTraitPopulationAdaptive evolutionWeedFernBotanyGerminationGeneSociologyGeneticsComputer scienceProgramming languageDemographySeed Germination and PhysiologyPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant tissue culture and regeneration