biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 45:477-479, 2002 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1016250608248

Seed Longevity of Eucalyptus Victrix in Grassland in the Floodplain of the Fortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia

S.K. Florentine1, J.E.D. Fox1
1 School of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Burial and removal techniques with seeds bags were used to examine the Eucalyptus victrix seed longevity. Seeds kept in room temperature (control) had 94% germination within 25 d, however, with increasing duration of burial the E. victrix seed viability decreased to zero before 142 d. Similarly, seed buried in shade and open had no significance difference in germination.

Keywords: germination; semiarid; soil seed bank
Subjects: Eucalyptus victrix; germination, seed longevity; seed germination; seed longevity

Published: September 1, 2002  Show citation

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Florentine, S.K., & Fox, J.E.D. (2002). Seed Longevity of Eucalyptus Victrix in Grassland in the Floodplain of the Fortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia. Biologia plantarum, 45(3), 477-479. doi: 10.1023/A:1016250608248
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