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The work aims to describe the impact of scarification and sorting of pedunculate oak acorns and the time of sowing on the germination, growth traits (stem height, root collar diameter, total leaves area, number of leaves, dry mass), and the quality indices of seedlings grown in the Hiko container. The experiment was conducted on two dates: March 25 and April 21 in a container nursery in the Rudy Raciborskie...
The objective of the study was to determine whether differences exist between the selected characteristics of Norway spruce cones and seeds depending on their location in the crown. The study was performed in two spruce tree stands growing under mountainous conditions (the Beskidy Mountains, southern Poland). In winter 2015, the cones were collected from 60 standing trees located in the two selected...
The level of damage to the cell membranes is a sign of aging of the seeds and a decrease in their viability. Conductometric seed testing method indirectly utilizes uncontrolled leakage of ions from seeds with damaged cell membranes to assess their viability. This involves the use of an electrical conductivity of the aqueous solution, in which seeds are soaked. The research was conducted in the years...
The objective of this study was to determine the influence of the age of parent tree stand on selected physical properties of Norway spruce seeds to improve the efficiency of seed separation processes. Seeds were harvested in a forest complex located in the seed zone No. 202, in the municipality of Kruklanki in the Borki Forest District (N Poland) during mast years (1999, 2004, 2007 and 2012). The...
Mistletoe is semiparasite adversely affecting the functioning of their hosts especially at water management level. So far, there have been no reports about the impact of mistletoe on seeds from any host. The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of the presence of mistletoe on the quality of the seeds of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Unopened cones from infected and uninfected trees were collected...
The seeds of forest trees usually transfer numerous fungi species, including pathogens, facultative parasites and saprotrophs. The aim of the present work was to determine qualitative and quantitative composition of fungi inhabiting the seeds of 10 trees species i.e.: birch (Betula pendula Roth.), beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), red oak (Quercus rubra L.), common oak (Quercus robur L.), sycamore maple...
Black alder, a major forest tree species in Europe, thrives in moist soils. During the seeds extraction (nutlets) from the cones, the heaviest seeds were observed to fall out first. Seed weight was not correlated to the ability of germination; no significant differences were observed between the heaviest and the lightest seeds. Seeds with a fresh mass moisture content of 8−9% after storage in –3°C...
A field study on insects inhabiting cones of Larix decidua Mill. subsp. polonica (Racib.) Domin, was carried out in the protected forest reserve "Modrzewie" and its surrounding (the Krościenko Forest District) in 2011. A total of 2210 cones (12 samples) from larches were collected for analysis and for rearing. Moreover 3600 seeds extracted from cones, were analysed. During the studies 1687...
Critical transport velocity, thickness, width, length, angle of sliding friction and weight of small−leaved lime (Tilia cordata Mill.) seeds from five batches, harvested in four neighboring seed regions in Poland, were determined. The values of shape factor, cross−sectional area, volume and density were calculated for each seed. The results were compared using standard statistical methods (simple...
Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen (–196°C, LN) is the method of long−term conservation of plant tissues, which has been evolving for many of seed of woody plant species. During cryopreservation protocol to LN in plant cells take place the supercooling tissue water or vitrification, which allows the successful storage. Water content was a significant determining factor with survival of cryostored...
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