threatened endangered species ( D'Antonio and Vitousek, 1992 ). One way that invasive plants displace natives and reduce biodiversity of forest ecosystems is by producing many seeds that are capable of germination ( Lehrer and Brand, 2003 ). Heavy flower
1 Professor of Seed Science and Technology. To whom reprint requests should be addressed. E-mail address: agt1@cornell.edu 2 Emeritus Professor of Entomology. 3 Professor of Entomology. We thank the following persons for their valuable
’ sweetpotato, released by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in 2005, accounts for 88% of certified seed root acreage in North Carolina, followed by ‘Beauregard’ and ‘Evangeline’ at 5% and 3%, respectively ( North Carolina Crop Improvement
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Ratibida columnifera is readily available as seed and is a common component of many wildflower seed mixes ( U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2006 ). To develop novel germplasm from native sources into a
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not mentioned. We thank Aris Sigle for supplying seed for this research and P. Kasturi and B. Beeson of Radford Univ., Radford, Vs., for providing partial funding for this project through the Radford Research Seed Foundation. The cost of publishing
and near the soil surface, thus bringing a saline solution in contact with the seeds ( Almansouri et al., 2001 ) and turf species can exhibit greater salt stress during establishment than as mature plants ( Duncan et al., 2009 ). Controlled environment
; however, new chipping cultivars, such as Elkton ( Haynes et al., 2014 ) and Harley Blackwell ( Hutchinson et al., 2006 ), have shown promise under Florida’s environmental conditions. The current guidelines for seed piece spacing for potatoes in Florida