Abstract
Burial and removal techniques with seeds bags were used to examine the Eucalyptus victrix seed longevity. Seeds kept in room temperature (control) had 94% germination within 25 d, however, with increasing duration of burial the E. victrix seed viability decreased to zero before 142 d. Similarly, seed buried in shade and open had no significance difference in germination.
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Florentine, S., Fox, J. Seed Longevity of Eucalyptus Victrix in Grassland in the Floodplain of the Fortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia. Biologia Plantarum 45, 477–479 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016250608248
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