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Improving Seed Germination of Saltgrass under Saline Conditions

^a Dep. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173
^b Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver, CO 80225. The research was, in part, supported by the U.S. Golf Association and the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Reclamation, through the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

View larger version (42K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Effect of different concentrations of ethephon, fusicoccin, kinetin, thiourea, and Proxy on saltgrass seed germination percentage under different salinity levels. Columns labeled with different letters are significantly different at P = 0.05 within each salinity level.

View larger version (36K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Effect of different concentrations of ethephon, fusicoccin, kinetin, thiourea, and Proxy on saltgrass seed germination speed under different salinity levels. Columns labeled with different letters are significantly different at P = 0.05 within each salinity level.

View larger version (37K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. Effect of ethephon, fusicoccin, kinetin, thiourea and Proxy (at their optimal concentrations) on (A) saltgrass seed germination percentage and (B) germination speed under different salinity levels. Columns labeled with different letters are significantly different within the same salinity level at P = 0.05.