Effects of storage treatments on the ripening and viability of Virginia pine seed

Richard H. Fenton; Edward I. Sucoff

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Effects of storage treatments on the ripening and viability of Virginia pine seed

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard H. Fenton, Edward I. Sucoff

Year:

1965

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-31. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-6

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Abstract

In a study at the Beltsville, Md., Experimental Forest in 1953 and 1954, the seed of Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.) became at least 45 percent viable 8 weeks before the natural opening of cones. Because seedfall in that locality usually starts during the first or second week of November, it was concluded that cone collecting could begin there safely in early September (1).

Citation

Fenton, Richard H.; Sucoff, Edward I. 1965. Effects of storage treatments on the ripening and viability of Virginia pine seed. Research Note NE-31. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-6