Claim · model-written summary
Germination was completely inhibited when less than half of the endocarp was removed.
- Taxon
- Persoonia sericea and P. virgata
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Persoonia virgatae0 - Treatment
- half of the endocarp was removede1
- Outcome
- Germinatione1
- Direction
- completely inhibitede1
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Verbatim
e0“germination of Persoonia sericea and P. virgata.”
e1“Germination was completely inhibited unless at least half of the endocarp was removed.”
Title
L.M. Bauer; M.E. Johnston; R.R. Williams Seed Science and Technology 2004. doi:10.15258/sst.2004.32.3.02
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Fruit morphology and processing difficulties limited germination of both Persoonia species.
- Intervention effect Fruit fermentation was effective for removing the mesocarp without harming the embryo.
- Intervention effect Manual mesocarp removal was effective.
- Intervention effect Digestion in 32% hydrochloric acid completely inhibited germination.
- Method / resource Cracking the endocarp with pliers followed by manual seed removal was the most efficient seed extraction method.
- Intervention effect Disinfestation and aseptic germination controlled microbial contamination of fruits and seeds.
- Mechanism The authors attribute dormancy chiefly to physical restriction of the embryo by the hard endocarp.