Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9477643 Aquatic Botany 2005 14 Pages PDF
Abstract
There was no indication of recolonisation from dormant buds on rhizomes. This finding was confirmed in laboratory experiments where buds failed to germinate in the absence of the apical shoot. We examined the structure and ageing of buds and found general withering with age, indicating that buds should germinate shortly after the dieback if at all. Our results, therefore, suggest that rhizome buds are not dormant buds but simply side shoots that have failed to grow.
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