Water uptake and pre-germination treatments in macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata - Arecaceae) seeds

The aims of this study were to evaluate the influence of embryo adjacent tissues in water uptake and treatments to release dormancy in macaw palm seeds. To assess water absorption with or without the opercular tegument (OT), seeds were immersed in water for 0, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 168, 240, 360,...

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Main Authors: Ailton Gonçalves Rodrigues Junior, Túlio Gabriel Soares Oliveira, Patrícia Pereira de Souza, Leonardo Monteiro Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Series:Journal of Seed Science
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ga3
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372013000100014&lng=en&tlng=en

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