IMPROVED GERMINATION OF WHITE SPRUCE SEED BY INCREASING MOISTURE CONTENT WITH ABSORPTIVE POWDERS

1 June 1967

journal article
research article
Published by Canadian Institute of Forestry in The Forestry Chronicle

Vol. 43 (2) , 149-154
https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc43149-2

Abstract

Greenhouse studies have shown that pelleting white spruce seed with baby powder and Captan 50-W significantly increased germination under exposed conditions. When Captan 50-W was used, the germinants were largely abnormal. Increased germination was apparently due to a more rapid absorption of water and the development of a moisture uptake system resistant to evaporational stresses.

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