Conover, D.G. and Geiger, D.R. (1984) Germination of Australian channel millet (Echinochloa turnerana (Domin) J.M. Black) seeds. I. Dormancy in relation to light and water. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 11 (5). pp. 395-408.
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Newly harvested seeds of E. turnerana were dormant, but germinated after several months of storage or after disruption of the seed coat. Intact after-ripened seeds did not germinate in the dark, while dehulled seeds showed high percentage germination in the dark. Secondary dormancy was induced by imbibing intact seeds in the dark and was broken by subsequent dry storage or disruption of the seed coat. Intact after-ripened seeds that were subjected to wetting-drying cycles in the light germinated faster during the final wetting than did untreated seeds. High final percentage germination was attained by both leached and unleached seeds
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Dayton University, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2012 10:23 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2012 10:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5959 |
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