Claim · model-written summary
Germination did not decline when seeds from either population dried to 7% dry weight water content.
Verbatim
e0“pericarp of beech seeds”
e1“Germination percentage of seeds which dried to a water content as low as 7% d.w. did not decrease for either population”
Title
Emiko Maruta; Tomohiko Kamitani; Midori Okabe; et al. Journal of Forest Research 1997. doi:10.1007/bf02348262
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Pacific Ocean side beech populations had thicker and heavier pericarps than Japan Sea side populations.
- Observation Initially drying Fuji beech seeds dried more slowly than Sumon seeds.
- Observation Seeds sown below litter in the Pacific side forest retained sufficient water for winter viability.
- Observation Germinating Japan Sea side beech seeds were more sensitive to desiccation than Fuji seeds in early spring.