Nitrogen fertilization stimulates germination of dormant pin cherry seed
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Vol. 9 (4) , 514-516
- https://doi.org/10.1139/x79-084
Abstract
Nitrogen fertilizers triggered germination of dormant Prunuspensylvanica L. seed naturally buried in the forest floor of 60-year-old Allegheny hardwood stands. Neither triple superphosphate nor muriate of potash applied with urea increased germination over that which occurred with urea alone. Rates as low as 56 kg/ha N from urea and calcium nitrate and 112 kg/ha N from ammonium sulfate stimulated germination. Nitrate was apparently responsible for breaking dormancy.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Seeds of the Forest FloorEcology, 1947