Canadian Forest Service Publications
A photoperiod response in germination of western hemlock seeds. 1973. Edwards, D.G.W.; Olsen, P.E. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 3(1): 146-148.
Year: 1973
Issued by: Pacific Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 28617
Language: English
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DOI: 10.1139/x73-020
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Abstract
Unstratified and stratified seeds of western hemlock (Tsugaheterophylla) germinated fastest under 4-h photoperiods and slowest under 24-h photoperiods at 20 °C. No differences were found between total darkness and an 8-h photoperiod. Stratification tended to reduce the degree of response to photoperiod. Several indices of germination rate and capacity were compared.