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Optimizing Acid Scarification and Stratification Combinations for Russet Buffaloberry Seeds

Lee S Rosner and John T Harrington
Native Plants Journal, September 2003, 4 (2) 81-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.4.2.81
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Seed propagation literature for russet buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. [Elaeagnaceae]) is varied, recommending acid scarification, cold moist stratification, or both treatments. When combinations of sulfuric acid scarification (0 or 5 min) and stratification (0, 9, or 14 wk) treatments were tested on a Montana seedlot, the optimal treatment combination was a 5-min acid soak and 14-wk (98-d) stratification. Although stratification was more effective than scarification when treatments were applied alone, germination improved from 27% to 38% when seeds were scarified prior to the 14-wk stratification treatment, and, for seeds germinating after stratification, germination occurred almost 4 d earlier on average. A 1-wk imbibition test, where increase in seed weight is measured following scarification and 1-wk cold-stratification, is proposed as a convenient method to determine the most effective acid scarification duration for individual seedlots. The optimal stratification duration was achieved 4 wk after 10% of viable seeds had germinated during stratification.

  • imbibition
  • dormancy
  • mean germination time
  • Shepherdia canadensis
  • Elaeagnaceae
NOMENCLATURE
  • (plants) ITIS (2001)
  • (bacteria) Euzéby (1999)
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Lee S Rosner, John T Harrington
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Optimizing Acid Scarification and Stratification Combinations for Russet Buffaloberry Seeds
Lee S Rosner, John T Harrington
Native Plants Journal Sep 2003, 4 (2) 81-86; DOI: 10.3368/npj.4.2.81
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  • imbibition
  • dormancy
  • mean germination time
  • Shepherdia canadensis
  • Elaeagnaceae
  • (plants) ITIS (2001)
  • (bacteria) Euzéby (1999)
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