TY - JOUR AU - Oziegbe, Matthew AU - Faluyi, Julius Olaoye AU - Oluwaranti, Abimbola PY - 2010/10/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effect of seed age and soil texture on germination of some Ludwigia species (Onagraceae) in Nigeria. JF - Acta Botanica Croatica JA - Acta Bot. Croat. VL - 69 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/293 SP - AB - <font face="'Times New Roman', serif" size="4" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 16px" class="Apple-style-span"><strong><div><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div>Seed germination in Ludwigia was greatly influenced by seed age and soil type. In <strong><div style="display: inline !important"><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important">Ludwigia abyssinica germination was not influenced by seed age and soil texture. Freshly </div></span></div></strong><strong><div style="display: inline !important"><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important">shed seeds and six month old seeds of Ludwigia decurrens variety B showed a very low </div></span></div></strong><strong><div style="display: inline !important"><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important">percentage germination on all the germinationmedia, and six month old seeds germinated </div></span></div></strong><strong><div style="display: inline !important"><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important">significantly earlier than freshly shed seeds. Some soil types could significantly reduce </div></span></div></strong><strong><div style="display: inline !important"><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important">germination of freshly shed seeds of L. hyssopifolia, L. erecta, L. leptocarpa and L. </div></span></div></strong><strong><div style="display: inline !important"><span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important">octovalvis var linearis.</div></span></div></strong></div></span></div></strong></span></font> ER -