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Storage Behaviour 1000 Seed Weight Germination Literature CitedAPG Clade: MONOCOTS - COMMELINOIDS
APG Order: Poales
APG Family: POACEAE
Kew Family: POACEAE
Genus: Sporobolus
Species Epithet: indicus
Species Author: (L.) R.Br.
Storage Behaviour
Storage Behaviour: Orthodox
Storage Conditions: Long-term storage under IPGRI preferred conditions at RBG Kew, WP. Oldest collection 13 years; germination change 100 to 75%, 11 years, 1 collection
Top  Interpreting the storage behaviour data
1000 Seed Weight
Average 1000 Seed Weight(g): 0.2
Details of Component Seed Weights:
- 0.0892; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.18684; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.234; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.215; (Odgers & Rogers, 1993); Caryopsis; Based on mean weight of 100 air-dry caryopses
- 0.1; (McIvor & Howden, 2000); Diaspore; Seed mc not stated.
Germination
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 20); pre-sowing treatments: surgical (seed coat partially removed with scalpel. seed coat chipped); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 12/12; 33/19°C (Therm 12/12); (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 20); pre-sowing treatments: surgical (seed coat partially removed with scalpel. seed coat chipped); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 12/12; 33/19°C (Therm 12/12); (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 88 % germination (seeds sown: 50); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 12/12; 33/19°C (Therm 12/12); (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
Literature Cited
- RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place.
- Odgers, B.M. and Rogers, R.W. 1993. Contrasting diaspore and vegetation attributes of grasses from natural and disturbed habitats in an urban eucalypt forest reserve. Australian Journal of Botany, 41:637-648.
- McIvor, J.G. and Howden, S.M. 2000. Dormancy and germination charactersistics of herbaceous species in the seasonally dry tropics of northern Australia. Austral Ecology, 25:213-222.