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. 2001 Dec 24;25(3):213–222. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01026.x

Table 3.

Changes in the proportions of germinable and dormant seeds in samples of four perennial grasses stored under different regimes for varying periods

		Germinable		Dormant
		seeds			seeds
Week	Lab.	Oven	Soil	Lab.	Oven	Soil
Bothriochloa pertusa
36	56^a	46^a	0^a	7^c	10^c	5^b
44	7^b	12^b	0^a	50^ab	50^b	20^a
64	2^b	0^b	1^a	57^a	57^ab	8^b
96	6^b	0^b	0^a	41^b	72^a	1^b
Heteropogon contortus
36	68^a	47^a	0^b	10^c	14^c	3^a
44	67^a	31^b	5^a	8^c	56^b	1^b
64	33^b	0^c	6^a	24^b	56^b	1^b
96	23^b	0^c	1^b	38^a	72^a	1^b
Themeda triandra
36	16^a	11^a	0^a	70^a	81^a	4^a
44	9^ab	8^ab	0^a	70^a	73^a	1^b
64	17^a	0^b	0^a	71^a	86^a	1^b
96	5^b	0^b	0^a	81^a	76^a	0^b
Urochloa mosambicensis
36	1^a	2^a	0^b	98^a	97^a	35^a
44	2^a	2^a	1^b	97^a	98^a	28^b
64	1^a	0^b	15^a	99^a	100^a	2^c
96	0^a	0^b	0^b	99^a	100^a	2^c

Values for germinable or dormant seeds of a species within a treatment followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05).