Tropical Grasslands (1996) Volume 30, 201205 An improved method for measuring the germinable soil seed banks of tropical pastures D.M. ORR1, C.J. PATON1 and G.W. BLIGHT2
1Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brian Pastures Research Station, Gayndah; and Abstract
The accuracy of 2 methods for determining germinable soil seed banks was compared in soil cores containing known seed loads of 5 tropical grasses placed on sand columns in pots. A sprayed method watered soil cores for 30 minutes per day, and a capillary method watered cores by capillary action from shallow trays.
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