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Table 2.

Changes in the proportions of germinable and dormant (including hard) seeds in samples stored under different regimes for varying periods

	Germinable seeds			Dormant seeds
	Init. week	Lab	Oven	Soil	Soil	Init.	Lab	Oven	Soil	Soil
	0	32	32	16	32	0	32	32	16	32
Species	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Native annual grass
Brachiaria subquadripara	26^b	73^ab	84^a	72^ab	8^c	74^a	25^b	12^b	18^b	21^b
Dactyloctenium radulans	0^a	1^a	4^a	0^a	0^a	100^a	98^ab	96^ab	100^a	84^b
Exotic annual grass
Chloris inflata	2^b	47^a	44^a	2^b	0^b	98^a	2^c	1^c	64^b	0^c
Digitaria ciliaris (K)	8^c	43^b	78^a	45^b	0^c	92^a	56^b	19^c	49^b	0^d
Digitaria ciliaris (W)	4^b	76^a	64^a	79^a	0^b	95^a	23^b	30^b	19^b	2^c
Echinochloa colona	1^c	8^bc	49^a	17^ab	0^c	99^a	92^ab	51^c	74^b	6^d
Eleusine indica	2^a	2^a	0^a	5^a	0^a	98^a	98^a	99^a	93^a	26^b
Pennisetum pedicellatum	0^b	22^a	33^a	4^ab	0^b	96^a	42^b	36^b	85^a	1^c
Themeda quadrivalvis	32^b	71^a	69^a	89^a	0 ^c	68^a	26^bc	29^b	7^c	0^d
Native perennial grass
Aristida latifolia	2^b	38^a	71^a	74^a	0^b	98^a	58^b	27^c	16^c	0^d
Bothriochloa decipiens	2^c	74^a	70^ab	54^b	0^c	94^a	14^bc	15^b	13^bc	2^c
Chrysopogon fallax	41^a	62^a	69^a	52^a	0^b	47^a	23^b	23^b	22^b	1^c
Heteropogon contortus (K)	0^c	83^a	64^b	65^b	0^c	88^a	13^cd	24^b	17^bc	1^d
Heteropogon contortus (W)	0^b	50^a	47^a	27^a	1^b	76^a	32^bc	39^bc	42^b	17^c
Sporobolus indicus	2^b	47^a	73^a	73^a	0^b	98^a	53^b	28^b	9^c	0^c
Themeda triandra	9^ab	22^a	16^a	22^a	0^b	76^a	67^ab	73^a	50^b	9^c
Exotic perennial grass
Bothriochloa pertusa	0^b	7^ab	5^ab	22^a	0^b	76^a	53^b	27^b	53^b	4^c
Cenchrus ciliaris	5^c	16^bc	32^b	55^a	6^c	89^a	56^b	41^b	13^c	14^c
Chloris gayana	0^b	35^a	57^a	51^a	0^b	53^a	29^ab	3^c	12^bc	1^c
Urochloa mosambicensis	0^b	2^ab	8^ab	15^a	0^b	100^a	97^ab	92^ab	85^b	34^c
Exotic legume
Stylosanthes hamata	11^b	11^b	51^a	14^b	0^b	79^a	81^a	35^b	74^a	66^a
Stylosanthes scabra	18^b	14^b	44^a	14^b	0^c	47^a	43^a	3^b	33^a	9^b
Other exotic dicotyledons
Gomphrena celusoides	47^a	66^a	72^a	55^a	0^b	52^a	33^a	36^a	44^a	4^b
Hyptis suaveolens (K)	86^a	95^a	77^a	98^a	1^b	9^ab	5^ab	22^a	1^b	0^b
Hyptis suaveolens (W)	7^bc	26^ab	17^ab	41^a	0^c	54^a	32^ab	23^b	0^c	1^c
Sida acuta	0^b	1^b	36^a	0^b	0^b	99^a	96^a	61^b	100^a	47^b

Values for germinable or dormant seeds of a species followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05). K, collection from Katherine; W, collection from Woodstock.