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Germination of the hard seed coated Opuntia tomentosa S.D., a cacti from the México valley

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Germination of Opuntia tomentosa seeds collected during 1998 was evaluated using treatments of scarification, gibberellic acid, GA3, dry heat, soaking, light, after-ripening and stratification at constant and alternating temperatures.
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This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 2003-09-01. It has received 61 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Seed dormancy & Scarification.

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A Definitive Book on Seed Ecology@@@Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination

TL;DR: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Tropical and Subtropical Zones and Biogeographical and Evolutionary Aspects of Seed Dormancy.
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Reproductive biology of Opuntia: A review

TL;DR: Among Cactaceae, Opuntia is the most diverse and widely distributed genus in the Americas and is strongly associated with bee pollination and coevolution with at least two bee genera.
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Seed germination of Trichocereus terscheckii (Cactaceae): Light, temperature and gibberellic acid effects

TL;DR: The effect of light and temperature and addition of gibberellic acid (GA 3 ) in the germination of seeds of Trichocereus terscheckii was evaluated in order to provide information about germination requirements which could be use for conservation studies.
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Seed anatomy and water uptake in relation to seed dormancy in Opuntia tomentosa (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae)

TL;DR: It is concluded that it is unlikely that any species of Opuntia has physical dormancy, and the first integrative study of the anatomy, dynamics of water uptake and dormancy in seeds of Cactaceae subfamily Opuntioideae is concluded.
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Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and, Evolution of Dormancy and Germination

TL;DR: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Tropical and Sub-tropical Zones as discussed by the authors, Temperate and Arctic Zones, and Semi-Arctic Zones: Temperate, Subtropical, and Arctic zones.

Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities.

TL;DR: Reproductive allocation and reproductive effort in plants, F.A. Bazzaz and D.D. Gutterman the ecology of seed dispersal, M.F. Wilson animals as seed dispersers, E.W. Stiles fruits and frugivory, P.H. Thompson seed responses to light, T.L. Crawley longevity, viability and dormancy.
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The Evolutionary ecology of seed size

TL;DR: This chapter is concerned with the differences in seed size among species, and the consequences for vegetation dynamics and community composition.
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Seed Development and Germination

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TL;DR: This chapter discusses the implications of seed-associated mycoflora during storage biochemical processes during osmotic priming of seeds improvement of protein quality in seeds overproduction of essential amino acids in seeds artificial seeds.
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