Open AccessPresowing treatments for breaking seed dormancy of Hovenia dulcis Thunb.
Author(s) -
Mihailo Grbić,
Dragana Skočajić,
Mirjana Djukić,
Danijela Djunisijevic
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
glasnik šumarskog fakulteta - univerzitet u beogradu/glasnik šumarskog fakulteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-8600
pISSN - 0353-4537
DOI - 10.2298/gsf0693049g
Subject(s) - scarification , dormancy , horticulture , seed dormancy , biology , botany , germination
The aim of the experiment was to determine the optimal presowing treatment for breaking seed dormancy of Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis Thunb.), a very rare exotic species introduced to the Mediterranean parts of Serbia and Montenegro. Three pretreatments are applied: mechanical scarification and chemical scarification (conc. H2SO4) lasting for 5 and 120 minutes. The best treatment was the longer chemical scarification, which confirmed the dormancy of the seedcoat