
%0 Journal Article
%A Bolland, MDA 
%A Baker, MJ 
%T High phosphorus concentrations in seed of wheat and annual medic are related to higher rates of dry matter production of seedlings and plants
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1988/12/01
%V 28
%N 6
%P 765-770
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9880765
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9880765 
%X Seed of 2 cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and 1 burr medic (Medicago polymorpha) with increasing phosphorus (P) concentrations (wheat 1.4-3.7 g P/kg dry matter, medic 3.3-7.9 g P/kg dry matter) were collected from field experiments with variable levels of applied superphosphate (wheat 0- 577 kg P/ha, medic 0-364 kg P/ha) in south-western Australia. These seeds were used in further experiments to examine the effect of seed P concentration on the subsequent dry matter (DM) production of seedlings and plants in 3 glasshouse pot experiments and 1 field experiment. Seed of the same size (wheat, 35 mg/seed; medic, 3.6 mg/seed) but with increasing P concentration produced substantially higher DM yields in the absence or presence of freshly applied superphosphate P up to 28-35 days after sowing in the pot experiments and 67 days after sowing in the field experiment. 
