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Weed Seed Germination Responses to Chemical and Physical Treatments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. E. Holm  and
M. R. Miller
R. E. Holm
Affiliation:
Diamond Shamrock Corp., T. R. Evans Res. Center, P. O. Box 348, Painesville, Ohio 44077
M. R. Miller
Affiliation:
Diamond Shamrock Corp., T. R. Evans Res. Center, P. O. Box 348, Painesville, Ohio 44077
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Abstract

The germination responses of seeds from 11 weed species to various chemical and physical treatments were studied. Germination of nine species was promoted by gibberellic acid and inhibited by abscisic acid, suggesting that germination of some weed seeds may be controlled by appropriate levels of these substances. Most of the weeds that germinated better after a hot-water soak treatment responded to sonication and infrared treatment, indicating that temperature was a factor in the germination response obtained with these methods, although physical disruption of the seed coat also was involved.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , March 1972 , pp. 150 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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