PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Goodman, Rosa C
AU  - Jacobs, Douglass F
AU  - Karrfalt, Robert P
TI  - Assessing viability of northern red oak acorns with X-rays application for seed managers
DP  - 2006 Sep 21
TA  - Native Plants Journal
PG  - 279--283
VI  - 7
IP  - 3
4099  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/7/3/279.short
4100  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/7/3/279.full
SO  - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2006 Sep 21; 7
AB  - We recently completed research that showed X-ray analysis was a better predictor of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L. [Fagaceae]) acorn viability and early growth than was moisture content. X-ray image analysis is a rapid and nondestructive test of acorn viability—tissue desiccation can be readily quantified. This article describes how to bring this proposed seed test into practice, with the goal of improving nursery efficiency and quality of oak seedlings.