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Reshma B. Patil and Basavaraj A. Kore. 2019. Seed germination response of an invasive weed Alternanthera ficoidea to temperature and salinity stress . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 51( 4) 398- 401.

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Volume	Issue	Publication year	Page No	Type of article
51	4	2019	398-401	Research note

Seed germination response of an invasive weed Alternanthera ficoidea to temperature and salinity stress

Reshma B. Patil and Basavaraj A. Kore

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8164.2019.00083.2

Email: reshmagodse09@gmail.com

Address: Department of Botany, Y.C.I.S. (Autonomous) Satara, Maharashtra 415 001, India

Keywords:

Alternanthera ficoidea, Temperature and salinity stress, Germination indices

Abstract:

Alternanthera ficoidea (Sanguinarea) (Amaranthaceae) is an exotic weed that has widely spread in most of the terrestrial habitats including saline soils under different climatic conditions. Seed germination is an important stage in seedling establishment and maintaining health and vigour of every plant. Seed germination studies were carried out under temperature and salinity stress. Weed seeds showed adaptation to temperature as well as salinity stress in laboratory as well as field conditions. Such type of adaptation may be one of the reasons for rapid spread and establishment of this weed.