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Polyethylene Bag Storage Versus Stratification in Sand as a Pregermination Treatment for White and Loblolly Pine

Ever since Barton (1928) pointed out the feasibility of stratification as a means of breaking dormancy of pine seeds, different methods and media have been sought to simplify and improve pretreatment methods. Standard methods include mixing seed with sand of different textures or storing in peat or other moist media. Recent work has indicated that equally satisfactory results can be obtained by storing smaller lots of moistened seed in polyethylene bags (Hosner et al., 1959; Lehto, 1960; Malac, 1960).


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Author(s): Richard E. Dickson, John F. Hosner, L. H. Kahler

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 48 (1961)