head> clude ("/www/rsnz.govt.nz/root/top.inc"); </SCRIPT><H3>New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract</H3><HR> <h2>Germination behaviour of seeds of the New Zealand woody species <i>Coprosma foetidissima</i>, <i>Freycinetia baueriana</i>, <i>Hoheria angustifolia</i>, and <i>Myrsine australis</i></h2> <h3>C. J. BURROWS</h3> <h4> Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences<br> University of Canterbury<br> Private Bag 4800<br> Christchurch, New Zealand<br> </h4> <p><b>Abstract</b> Germination rates, percentage germination success, and phenomena related to germination delay were examined for seeds from freshly collected fruit of the shrub <i>Coprosma foetidissima</i>, the vine <i>Freycinetia baueriana</i>, and the trees <i>Hoheria angustifolia</i> and <i>Myrsine australis</i>. The experimental conditions resembled those which seeds might experience after dispersal. Germination success was high (90-100%) for cleaned seeds of all species in moist, well-lit conditions. <i>Hoheria</i> seeds germinated well and <i>Myrsine</i> seeds moderately well in the dark, but seeds of <i>Coprosma</i> germinated poorly. <i>Freycinetia</i> seeds failed to germinate in the dark but remained alive and germinated when subsequently placed in the light. Seeds of all species except <i>Freycinetia</i> germinated moderately to very well on soil. Seeds in the achene-like disseminules of <i>Hoheria</i> germinated freely but seeds of all other species in the in-fruit treatment failed to germinate or success was very low. All <i>Myrsine</i> seeds, but no or few seeds of the other species, germinated after being kept dry for several months. Seeds of <i>Myrsine</i> which were buried 5 cm below the soil surface germinated in two episodes, in successive spring seasons. Some <i>Hoheria</i> seeds germinated in this treatment, but the seedlings died underground. Buried <i>Freycinetia</i> seeds failed to germinate. <i>Coprosma</i>, <i>Hoheria</i>, and <i>Freycinetia</i> are unlikely to form soil seed banks lasting more than a few months, but <i>Myrsine</i> could form seed banks of more than a year's duration.</p> <p><b>Keywords</b> seeds; germination; high germinability; dormancy; seed banks</p> <H3>PDF file of entire paper: <A HREF="162.pdf">medium quality (860K)</A>; (scanned from paper original: <A HREF="/publish/scan-notes.php">notes</A> about this process) </H3> <HR><P><A HREF="index.php">This year's abstracts</A> |<A HREF="../index.php">Journal home page</A> |<A HREF="../../abstracts.php">All abstracts</A> | <A HREF="../../index.php">Publishing home page</A><P></div> </td></tr></table> <div class="printer_hidden"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font size ="1"><a href="/advisory/">Advisory</A> | <a href="/awards/">Awards</A> | <a href="/directory/">Directory</A> | <a href="/education/">Education</A> | <a href="/events/">Events</A>| <a href="/funding/">Funding</A> | <a href="/members/">Members</A> | <a href="/news/newsindex.php">News</A> | <a href="/publish/">Publishing</A> | <a href="/shop/">Shop</A> | <a href="/topics/">Topics</A> | <a href="/policy/">Policy</A> |</font><P> Problems with the site? Contact the <A HREF="mailto:webmaster@rsnz.org">webmaster</A> </div> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-310618-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> </BODY></HTML>