Treatments to break the dormancy of Cassia fistula L. seeds

Cassia fistula L. (Fabaceae – Caesalpinioidea) is a forest species that is propagated by seeds. To promote the production of seedlings of C. fistula it is necessary to break the natural dormancy of its seeds, which is caused by the seed tegument that is impermeable to water. The goal of this study w...

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Main Authors: Paulo Alexandre Fernandes Rodrigues de Melo, Edilson Guedes da Costa, Sueli da Silva Santos-Moura, Edna Ursulino Alves, Roberta Sales Guedes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2013-11-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/2175-7925.2013v26n4p11