Physical scarification and hydrogen peroxide treatment improves germination of vangueria infausta seed
1989
Msanga, H. P. | Maghembe, J. A.
The effects of physical seed coat scarification and soaking in hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2) were studied to determine presowing treatments that would improve germination in seed of Vangueria infausta. This paper gives the study of two experiments one conducted in the laboratory and the other one done in the nursery. The scarification treatments were: unscarified control; partial removal of the seed coat. The other treatments involved soaking the seeds in 5 concentrations of H2 o2 i.e., 2, 4, 6and 8%, for 12h. The impact of scarification and H2O2 on other germination parameters is discussed.
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