SID — Useful Links
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Substantial bibliographic datasets:
Graham Simpson's Bibliography of References Related to Seed Dormancy and/or Germination in Higher Plants.
Kew's own Plant Micromorphology Bibliographic Database currently contains well over 6,000 items covering seed and/or fruit structure.
For UK species, there is much seed ecological and related information in the Ecological Flora Database. Also the LEDA-traitbase contains information on a number of seed traits for European species, but not currently germination characteristics.
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Useful information for gardeners, including seed germination conditions:
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html Seed germination conditions for a wide range of garden and house plants
http://www.fairchildgarden.org/horticulture/palmseed.html Information on how to germinate palm seeds
http://www.rhs.org.uk This is the website for the Royal Horticultural Society and contains a wide range of gardening hints and tips
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For more germination information, try the Species Compendium database at http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Themes/Genebanks/Species_Compendium/default.asp where you can also access online, the long out of print, but valuable 'Compendium of Specific Germination Information and Test Recommendations' by Ellis, Hong and Roberts.
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For more information on seed oil contents see 'SOFA' — Seed Oil Fatty Acids at http://sofa.bfel.de/
A diverse variety of other useful seed and plant biology, educational and conservation links are available via the Millennium Seed Bank Project homepage
