influences on viability and germination of seeds have been studied intensively for many years, particularly for the numer-ous commercially important agricultural, ornamental, and timber species. high germinating seed lots may differ substantially in field emergence when sown at the same time in the same field, and/or may differ in performance after storage in the same environment or transport t...

Manure composting has gained increased acceptance by the beef cattle (Bos taurus) feedlot industry in southern Alberta, Canada. Unlike fresh manure, compost is often promoted as being "weed-free." Studies were conducted with five weed species in 1997 and thirteen in 1999 to examine the effect of feedlot manure composting on weed seed viability. Weed seeds were buried in open-air compost windrow...

Influences on viability and germination of seeds have been studied intensively for many years, particularly for the numer-ous commercially important agricultural, ornamental, and timber species. High germinating seed lots may differ substantially in field emergence when sown at the same time in the same field, and/or may differ in performance after storage in the same environment or transport t...

Seed priming is a commercially successful practice, but reduced longevity of primed seeds during storage may limit its application. We established a series of experiments on rice to test: (1) whether prolonged storage of primed and non-primed rice seeds for 210 days at 25°C or -4°C would alter their viability, (2) how long primed rice seed would potentially remain viable at 25°C storage, and (3...

JEL Classification Numbers: G100, G120

One of the most significant cereal crops in world is maize (Zea mays L.), which susceptible to a number illnesses, particularly those spread through seeds.  Plant extract research offers viable area for replacement fungicides used treat seeds. In order evaluate its antifungal impact on sanitary and physiological quality seeds, this study examined phytochemical profile hydroalcoholic from c...

480 male broiler chickens were used in a 35-day study to determine the influence of white lupin inclusion (0, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 g/kg) on their performance and diet utilization as well as on ileal villi height and crypt depth. One-dayold male Ross 308 chicks were randomly assigned to six dietary treatments (ten replications per treatment). Birds fed diets with 150 g/kg white lupine were...

Corridors that connect patches of disjunct habitat may be promising tools for mediating the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation, but little is known about how corridors affect ecological interactions. In eight 12-ha experimental landscapes, we examined how corridors affect the impact of invertebrate, rodent, and avian seed predators on pokeweed, Phytolacca americana. Over 13 months in 200...

adverse environmental storage conditions including high temperature and relative humidity could affect seed quality. the objective of this investigation was to quantify relationship between temperatures and seed moisture on seed deterioration and determination viability constants in sorghum. four storage temperatures (5, 15, 25 and 35oc) and three moister content levels (6, 10 and 14%) were use...

ABSTRACT: The peach palm (Bactrisgasipaes) is an important alternative for heart-of-palm extraction, showing precocity, rusticity and high tillering. seeds of this species are considered recalcitrant making storage long periods production seedlings difficulty. This identified a combination moisture content temperature during longer seed longevity. Seeds with 35% 45% (wet basis - wb) were at 20 ...