
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lipp, AEG 
A1  - Ballard, LAT 
T1  - The breaking of seed dormancy of some legumes by carbon dioxide
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1959
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SP  - 495
EP  - 499
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9590495 
N2  - Treatment of imbibed seeds with an atmosphere of 2.5 per cent. carbon dioxide is shown to be a powerful means of breaking the dormancy of seeds of a range of small-seeded legumes. On the bases of amount and rate of germination this method is at least as effective as, and usually superior to, holding imbibed seeds at 3-5&#176;C for 3 days. Moreover, the carbon dioxide treatment was effective in most of the cases where cold treatment was ineffective. Some implications of these findings are indicated. 
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