Field Sandbur (Cenchrus pauciflorus) Seeds in the Same Bur Respond Differently to Temperature and Water Potential in Relation to Germination in a Semi-Arid Environment, China

• Zhixin Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhixin Zhang, Xun Tian

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors.

  Affiliations The State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Xun Tian ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhixin Zhang, Xun Tian

  * E-mail: tianxun@imun.edu.cn

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors.

  Affiliation College of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Yuguang Bai,

  Affiliation College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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• Huifang Liu,

  Affiliation The State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Xueli Niu,

  Affiliations The State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Zhiwei Wang,

  Affiliation Guizhou Institue of Prataculture, Guizhou Academy of Agricultrual Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

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• Qian Wang

  Affiliation Guizhou Institue of Prataculture, Guizhou Academy of Agricultrual Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

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