Improving the identification, handling and storage of âdifficultâ seeds ...
Improving the identification, handling and storage of âdifficultâ seeds ...
Improving the identification, handling and storage of âdifficultâ seeds ...
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POACEAE Sorghum bicolor Low viability in initial tests. Orthodox.<br />
Immature <strong>seeds</strong> (harvest well matured <strong>seeds</strong><br />
for <strong>storage</strong>). Maybe problems come from<br />
poor <strong>h<strong>and</strong>ling</strong> before <strong>and</strong> during <strong>storage</strong> with<br />
exception <strong>of</strong> wild relatives<br />
POACEAE Zea mays Germination problems - coleoptile defects,<br />
low viability in initial tests<br />
RHAMNACEAE Berchemia discolor Improvement in germination % with<br />
pretreatments<br />
RUTACEAE Citrus sp Short term seed <strong>storage</strong>/root stock - low<br />
viability in initial tests. Now reclassified as<br />
recalcitrant.<br />
SAPINDACEAE Pappea capensis Improvement in germination % with<br />
pretreatments<br />
SAPOTACEAE Mimusops zeyheri Improvement in germination % with<br />
pretreatments<br />
SOLANACEAE Lycopersicon esculentus Possible slow germination if not extracted<br />
properly fermentation.<br />
SOLANACEAE Solanum sp Low viability post <strong>storage</strong>. Dormancy<br />
SOLANACEAE Solanum mammosum Short term seed <strong>storage</strong>/root stock - low<br />
viability post <strong>storage</strong>.<br />
SOLANACEAE Solanum melogena Germinate poorly at different times. Wild<br />
eggplant used as rootstock.<br />
SOLANACEAE Solanum villosum Low viability. Dormancy.<br />
TILIACEAE Corchorus sp Dormancy