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  1. Nitric Acid Promotes Pine Seed Germination

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    Author(s): Robert C. Hare
    Date: 1981
    Source: Res. Note SO-281. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.
    Publication Series: Research Note (RN)
    Station: Southern Forest Experiment Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-281
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    Germination of a number of recalcitrant seed lots of loblolly, slash and longleaf pine was improved markedly following treatment with 0.1 percent nitric acid for 4 hours or 10 percent for 10 minutes.

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    Hare, Robert C. 1981. Nitric Acid Promotes Pine Seed Germination. Res. Note SO-281. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.

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    Keywords

    Sexual propagation, progeny testing, growth promoters

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