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    Seed coat structure and dormancy (1992)
    Springer
    Plant growth regulation 11 (1992), S. 201-209 
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    ISSN: 1573-5087
    Keywords: Seed coat structure ; dormancy ; permeability ; Dichrostachys cinerea ; natural dormancy-breaking factors ; inhibitors
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract An understanding of dormancy mechanisms is of ecological and economic importance. Identification of the level at which dormancy is imposed appears to be species specific. The variation brought about by this therefore requires that developmental studies be included in seed coat dormancy experiments. In most cases, a site of permeability can be identified during the developmental process, and this information can be utilized later to remove dormancy. Under natural conditions, the removal of seed coat dormancy requires the interaction of a number of ecological and physiological dormancy-breaking cues.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00024559
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    The role of natural agents in the removal of coat-imposed dormancy in Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight et Arn. seeds (1994)
    Springer
    Plant growth regulation 14 (1994), S. 51-59 
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    ISSN: 1573-5087
    Keywords: bush encroachment ; Dichrostachys cinerea ; dormancy ; germination ; impermeability ; natural factors ; seed
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstracts Dichrostachys cinerea seeds are impermeable to water and do not germinate readily. The plant, however, contributes to a bush encroachment problem, minimising visibility in wildlife reserves and reducing the area available for grazing. Natural dormancy-breaking conditions must therefore exist, promoting the germinability of these normally dormant seeds. Diurnal temperature fluctuations (50°C/15°C), especially when combined with moisture were found to break dormancy. High temperatures, such as those generated by fire, destroyed seeds. Seeds ingested by herbivorous browsers such as nyala, became permeable. Seed burial for 48 weeks, was a more effective treatment than storage in promoting permeability. Distribution of D. cinerea will therefore be restricted to areas in which these conditions or factors occur. Seeds germinated optimally at 30δC in the laboratory.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00024141
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    Chemical composition of pods and seeds of Dichrostachys cinerea as a basis of seed dispersal (1994)
    Springer
    Plant growth regulation 14 (1994), S. 273-277 
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    ISSN: 1573-5087
    Keywords: Key words ; carbohydrates ; Dichrostachys cinerea ; fatty acids ; lipids ; nutritive value ; palatability ; pods ; protein ; seed bank ; seeds
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract The occurrence of very few seeds of Dichrostachys cinerea in the soil seed bank prompted the present study as to why animal browsers and seed predators should select the infructescence of this plant. The preferential and extensive browsing of this indehiscent legume is apparently not due to any exceptional nutritive value of the pods and seeds. However, it is probably the strong rich aroma of the infructescence which initially attracts animals to this food source. The structure of the infructescence, ensures that upon location a large number of pods and seeds are consumed. Ingestion of the pods will provide fibre, lipid, fatty acids, carbohydrates, amino acids, nitrogen and protein.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00024803
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