This study aims to determine the effect of KNO3, H2SO4, and GA3 in breaking dormancy germination salak (Salacca zalacca) plants. In this using a non-factorial randomized block design with one factor, namely P0 (control), P1 (KNO3 60%), P2 70%), P3 80%), P4 (H2SO4 P5 P6 P7 (GA3 25 ppm), P8 50 P9 75 P10 60% P11 70% P12 80% P13 P14 P15 75). Parameters observed were germination, maximum growth pote...

PURPOSE To determine the types of cells in the visual system of the mouse and rat that can express a transgene delivered by an attenuated replication competent Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) vector. METHODS C57/BL6 x BALB/C mice and Albino rats were treated with 1 x 10(7) pfu of the HSV-1 ribonucleotide reductase mutant (hrR3) expressing the Escherichia coli lacZ gene. The hrR3 virus was deli...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The wild progenitors of the Near Eastern legumes have low germination rates mediated by hardseededness. Hence it was argued that cultivation of these wild legumes would probably result in no yield gain. Based on the meagre natural yield of wild lentil and its poor germination, it was suggested that wild Near Eastern grain legumes were unlikely to have been adopted for cultiv...

Efforts to predict the germination ability of acorns using their shape, length, diameter and density are reported in the literature. These methods, however, are not efficient enough. As such, a visual assessment of the viability of seeds based on the appearance of cross-sections of seeds following their scarification is used. This procedure is more robust but demands significant effort from exp...