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Drummond Rattlebox (Sesbania drummondii) Germination as Influenced by Scarification, Temperature, and Seeding Depth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. Ford Eastin
E. Ford Eastin*
Affiliation:
Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Beaumont, TX 77706
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Abstract

Freshly harvested Drummond rattlebox [Sesbania drummondii (Rydb.) Cory ♯3 SEBDR] seed germinated best after 2.5- to 4-h acid scarification in concentrated sulfuric acid. Optimum temperature for germination was 30 to 35 C. At 10 and 45 C no germination occurred for up to 7 days. Six days after planting in a silt loam soil there was 95 and 80% emergence of Drummond rattlebox from depths of 0.5 and 1 cm, respectively. No emergence was observed from depths of 11 cm or greater 12 days after planting.

Keywords

Weed seed emergenceplanting depthseed dormancySEBDR
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , March 1984 , pp. 223 - 225
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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