<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connolly, Bryan A</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Preliminary data on muriatic acid scarification of honeylocust (&lt;em&gt;Gleditsia triacanthos&lt;/em&gt;) seeds</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Native Plants Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017-09-21 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">267-269</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/npj.18.3.267</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">My preliminary, nonreplicated study suggests that 20% hydrochloric acid, commonly known as muriatic acid, can be used to effectively scarify honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos L. [Fabaceae]) seeds. Seeds were soaked for 1 to 24 h in muriatic acid. Almost no treatment effects were seen until 10 h of soaking, after which percentage germination peaked at 74% after 18 h of treatment. Although percentage germination was lower than with sandpaper scarification and sulfuric acid scarification, muriatic acid may have applicability, and be a safer, less labor-intensive option, for treating seeds of other native species that require scarification.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>