Dormancy of safflower seeds: effect of storage and cold stratification

Abstract: Safflower seeds exhibit dormancy soon after dispersion from the mother plant, making it impossible to sow newly harvested seeds. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate breaking the dormancy of safflower seeds during storage associated with the use of different periods of cold s...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Cardoso Oba, André Luís Duarte Goneli, Tathiana Elisa Masetto, Cesar Pedro Hartmann Filho, Vinicius Souza Patricio, Karina Laís Leite Sarath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Series:Journal of Seed Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372017000400433&lng=en&tlng=en