Title | Seed Germination in Certain New Mexico Range Grasses |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 1928 |
Authors | Jackson CV |
Number of Pages | 25 |
Date Published | 04/1928 |
University | University of Chicago |
Keywords | botanical gazette, Jornada Range Reserve Station, Seed germination |
Abstract | Much work has been carried on in recent years in regard to the viability and germination of seeds of various plants. Seed-testing studies are highly important, because the results obtained influence or affect the work of the farmer, the floriculturist, the amateur gardener, and the rancher or ranger. These people cannot afford to plant seeds, expecting a 95 per cent germination and then perhaps having only a 50 per cent germination, due to poor selection of seed, to its immaturity, or to its adulteration with weed seeds. Among the plants studied for germination the grasses have a |
URL | files/bibliography/1928-1.pdf |
DOI | 10.1086/333900 |