Variation in the rate of hard seed breakdown of twelve tropical legumes in response to two temperature regimes in the laboratory

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 387-396

  McDonald, C K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; LEGUME; PASTURE; RECRUITMENT; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AESCHYNOMENE AMERICANA; DESMANTHUS VIRGATUS; INDIGOFERA SCHIMPERI;

EID: 0033911722     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA99099     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Argel PJ, Humphreys LR (1983a) Environmental effects on seed development and hardseededness in Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano I. Temperature. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 24, 261-270.
2. Argel PJ, Humphreys LR (1983b) Environmental effects on seed development and hardseededness in Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano II. Moisture stress and illuminance. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 24, 271-277.
3. Burrows DM, Porter FJ (1993) Regeneration and survival of Desmanthus virgatus 78382 in grazed and ungrazed pastures. Tropical Grasslands 27, 100-107.
4. Clem RL, Brandon NJ, Conway MJ, Jones RM (1996) Legumes for clay soils - an integrated research project. Tropical Grasslands 30, 136.
5. Covell S, Ellis RH, Roberts EH, Summerfield RJ (1986) The influence of temperature on seed germination rate in grain legumes. I. A comparison of chickpea, lentil, soybean and cowpea at constant temperatures. Journal of Experimental Botany 37, 705-715.
6. Doherty J (1998) PEST: model-independent parameter estimation. Watermark Computing, Brisbane.
7. Gardener CJ (1975) Mechanisms regulating germination in seeds of Stylosanthes. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 26, 281-294.
8. Hopkinson JM (1993) Tropical pasture establishment. 2. Seed characteristics and field establishment. Tropical Grasslands 27, 276-290.
9. Jones RM (1981) Studies on the population dynamics of siratro: the fate of siratro seeds following oversowing into sub-tropical pastures. Tropical Grasslands 15, 95-101.
10. Jones RM, McDonald CK, Bunch GA (1993) Persistence of roundleaf cassia in grazed pastures - a conceptual model. In 'Proceedings of the XVII International Grassland Congress'. Palmerston North, 1993. pp. 1902-1903.
11. Jones RM, Brandon NJ (1998) Persistence and productivity of Desmanthus virgatus under a range of grazing pressures in subtropical Queensland. Tropical Grasslands 32, 145-152.
12. Jones RM, Bunch GA, McDonald CK (1998) Ecological and agronomic studies on Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn related to modelling of persistence. Tropical Grasslands 32, 153-165.
13. Lloyd DL, Taylor GB, Johnson B, Teasdale KC (1997) Patterns of seed softening and seedling emergence of 19 annual medics during 3 years after a single seed crop in southern Queensland. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 37, 767-778.
14. Marshall B, Squire GR (1996) Non-linearity in rate-temperature relations of germination in oilseed rape. Journal of Experimental Botany 47, 1369-1375.
15. Martin RE, Miller RL, Cushua CT (1975) Germination response of legume seeds subjected to moist and dry heat. Ecology 56, 1441-1445.
16. McDonald CK (1999) Impact of plant age and size distributions on seed production of tropical legumes in grazed pastures. M.Agr.Sc. thesis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
17. McIvor JG, Gardener CJ (1987) Effect of boiling water treatment on hardseededness and germination in some Stylosanthes species. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 27, 857-862.
18. McIvor JG, Jones RM, Taylor JA (1993) Tropical pasture establishment. 4. Population dynamics of sown species in developing pastures. Tropical Grasslands 27, 302-313.
19. McKeon GM (1978) Seed dynamics of some pasture species in a dry monsoonal climate. PhD Thesis, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
20. Moreno-Casasola P, Grime JP, Martinez ML (1994) A comparative study of the effects of fluctuations in temperature and moisture supply on hard coat dormancy in seeds of coastal tropical legumes in Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 10, 67-86.
21. Mott JJ (1982) Fire and the survival of Stylosanthes spp. in the dry savanna woodlands of the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 33, 203-211.
22. Mott JJ, McKeon GM (1979) Effect of heat treatments in breaking hardseededness in four species of Stylosanthes. Seed Science and Technology 7, 15-25.
23. Mott JJ, McKeon GM, Moore CM (1976) The effect of seed bed conditions on the germination of four Stylosanthes species in the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 27, 811-823.
24. Mott JJ, McKeon GM, Gardener CJ, Mannetje L't (1981) Geographic variation in the reduction of hard seed content of Stylosanthes seeds in the tropics and subtropics of northern Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 32, 861-869.
25. Pengelly BC, Topark-Ngarm A (1992) Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. In 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia. 4. Forages'. (Eds L't Mannetje and RM Jones) pp. 105-106. (Pudoc Press: Wageningen)
26. Quinlivan BJ (1970) The regulation of germination in Swainsona canescens. In 'Proceedings of the XI International Grassland Congress', Surfers Paradise, Australia. (Ed. MJT Norman) pp. 583-586. (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane)
27. Quinlivan, B. J. (1971) Seed coat impermeability in legumes. Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 37, 283-295.
28. Robbins GB, Bushell JJ, Butler KL (1986) Decline in plant and animal production from ageing pastures of green panic (Panicum maximum var. trichoglume). Journal Agricultural Science, Cambridge 108, 407-417.
29. Taylor GB (1972) Time distribution of seedling emergence from single crops of several pasture legumes. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 12, 628-638.
30. Taylor GB (1996) Incidence and measurement of autumn seed softening within Medicago polymorpha L. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 47, 575-586.
31. Torssell BWR, McKeon GM (1976) Germination effects on pasture composition. Journal of Applied Ecology 13, 593-603.