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Introduction Artemisia sphaerocephala Kraschen.(Asteraceae) is one of the most important pioneer plants of the moving and semi-stable sand dunes in the deserts and steppes of north China.Seeds of this
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State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change,Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of S
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第四届国际种子生态学大会(The 4th International Society for Seed Science
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Introduction Artemisia sphaerocephala Kraschen.(Asteraceae) is one of the most important pioneer plants of the moving and semi-stable sand dunes in the deserts and steppes of north China.Seeds of this species produce large quantities of mucilage (up to 35％ of seed dry mass;Yang et al 2010).
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