China where the adult trees of the species produce many seeds; however, few seedlings are found around the mature trees ( Zheng et al., 2013 ; Zheng and Ma, 2014 ). The research by Ballabha et al. (2013) also showed poor regeneration of kapok in India
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the past few years. However, some winged bean seeds do not absorb water when it is readily available, such as during a germination test or in wet soil (these are known as “hardseeds”), and seed germination is delayed as a result. This undoubtedly poses
1 Professor of Ornamental Horticulture. Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series no. 9713. I acknowledge the seed source and technical assistance of Gary J. Wilfret, Gulf Coast REC, Bradenton, Fla
Loft Seed Co., Seed Research of Oregon, and Jacklin Seed Co. for providing seed of the cultivars used in the study. The cost of publishing this paper was defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. Under postal regulations, this paper therefore
Florida Agricultural Expt. Station Journal Series no. R-03345. We acknowledge Goldsmith Seeds, Gilroy, Calif., for providing the seeds for this study. This research was partially sponsored by a grant from the Bedding Plants Foundation
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Warsaw Agricultural University Arboretum (Rogów, Poland) for providing seeds. Mention of commercial brand-name products does not constitute an endorsement of any product by the USDA-ARS or cooperating agencies. The cost of publishing this paper was
Egusi seed is a part of the daily diet in many West African countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, and Benin [ National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC), 2006 ]. Although the term “egusi” can be used to describe a certain seed type
the Western Michigan Bedding Plant Growers Assn. We express our appreciation to the Ball Seed Co. for the donation of seed. The cost of publishing this paper was defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. Under postal regulations, this paper