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Germination of long-term storaged seeds of selected grass and legumes
VONDRÁŠEK, Vít
Quality reproductive material is created in the fields but its subsequent quality and the general ability to germinate may be affected by many other factors. The fundamental and necessary capability of the seeds is their germinability. In my thesis I selected seeds approximately 6 - 8 years old of certain types of grass or clover plants (Trifolium repens, Trifolium pratense, Medicago sativa - Zuzana, Medicago sativa - Pálava, Medicago lupulina, Trifolium hybridum - Oderský, Anthyllis vulneraria and Onobrychis viciifolia) and I monitored their germinability, its dynamics and capacity. Subsequently, I also used fresh seeds to compare the results and to demonstrate how seeds of different ages may differ. The experiment was performed under home conditions. All seeds to be germinated were placed on Petri dishes on which I maintained stable humidity. I monitored germinability of the seeds in previously set intervals after 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 15 days. Originally, the plan was to measure germinability also after 21 days but the germinating material did not last that long and losses were detected as early as after 15 days. I saw big differences between the individual species. Some of them germinated very well and their dynamics was high (Trifolium repens, Medicago sativa - Zuzana, Medicago sativa - Pálava), while others did not germinate at all or very little (Onobrychis viciifolia, Anthyllis vulneraria). In some species I even observed differences in germination dynamics.
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