California Agriculture, 1974 Scarification with sulphuric acid speeded up—and increased the percentage of Pistacia seeds ...
J Crane, H Forde
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Seed Dormancy and Germination [PDF]
The Arabidopsis Book, 2008 Seed dormancy allows seeds to overcome periods that are unfavourable for seedling established and is therefore important for plant ecology and agriculture. Several processes are known to be involved in the induction of dormancy and in the switch from the dormant to the germinating state.
Bentsink, L., Koornneef, M.
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Germination characteristics among different sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) germplasm during the seed development and after-ripening stages [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel) is an important forage grass in the Eurasian steppe. However, little information is available concerning its seed morphological features and germination characteristics during seed development and after ...
Weiguang Yang +8 more
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Variability of Italian ryegrass and perennial ryegrass seed quality produced in two different regions [PDF]
Journal on Processing and Energy in Agriculture, 2017 The paper presents the results of four seed lots produced in Serbia and Belarus in two years, and examines the influence of their quality on 1000 seed mass, germination energy and total germination.
Stanisavljević Rade +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. H. Walker is an obnoxious weed, emerging as an invasive species globally. Seed germination biology of four populations of the species stemming from arid, semi-arid, temperate, and humid regions was determined in this study ...
Yanyun Xu +5 more
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Evaluation of the effects of drought stress of mother plants on some seed germination indices of Satureja hortensis [PDF]
مدیریت بیابان, 2017 Seed germination indices can be affected by drought stress in ripening stage of seeds on mother plant. In this study, four water stress treatments (100, 75, 50 and 25% of field capacity (FC)) were imposed during seed maturation of Satureja hortensis ...
Maryam Shamsaie +2 more
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Methodological contribution on seed germination and seedling initial growth tests in wild plants
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2023 The text is intended for biologists and ecologists working with wild plant species. The article draws attention to possible methodological inaccuracies in determining seed germination and in various attempts to manipulate the seeds of wild plant species.
Božena ŠERÁ
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Grazing influences Stipa breviflora seed germination in desert grasslands of the Inner Mongolia Plateau [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Seed germination plays an important role in determining the composition and regeneration of plant populations (Stipa breviflora). However, the influencing factors and strategies employed for seed germination in desert grasslands under grazing remain ...
Wenting Liu +4 more
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Differential responses of the seed germination of three functional groups to low temperature and darkness in a typical steppe, Northern China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Seed germination is a key stage in the life history of plants, which has a crucial effect on plant community structure. Climate change has substantially altered the surface soil temperature and light availability, which can affect seed germination ...
Mengzhou Liu +8 more
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The importance of stimulators in cultivating a non-traditional plant-indigofera Tinctoria L [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThe article depicts the duration and norms of the use of various stimulants in the cultivation of the non-traditional leguminous plant Indigofera (Indigofera tinctoria L.) and its effect on seed yield, root and stem residues, and the amount of total ...
Yakubov Gayrat +5 more
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