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Pregermination Treatment of Black Seed of Halogeton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. H. Cronin
E. H. Cronin*
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. of Agr., Logan, UT. 84321
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Abstract

Only 24% of black seed of halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus (M. Bieb.) C. A. Mey.) germinated 2 weeks after collection in October. After 11 weeks of dry storage germination had increased to 60%. During the additional 12 weeks of pregermination treatment, germination did not vary significantly from 60% except for seed stored moist at low temperatures. Ninety to 95% of moist seeds stored at −6 C for 6 weeks or longer germinated within 48 hr; this rate of germination was superior to that of seed collected in December.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , March 1973 , pp. 125 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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