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Effect of separating giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) seeds from soil using potassium carbonate and centrifugation on viability and germination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Edward C. Luschei ,
Douglas D. Buhler  and
Jack H. Dekker
Edward C. Luschei
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Jack H. Dekker
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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Abstract

Changes in weed seedbank composition are often monitored by removing seeds from soil samples. One extraction method accomplishes this by creating a slurry of soil and a concentrated inorganic salt solution. Centrifugation is then used to separate constituents of differing densities. We have found that centrifugation of giant foxtail seeds in 3.2 M potassium carbonate solution as conducted in a centrifugation/flotation extraction method can reduce viability as measured by germination and tetrazolium tests. In one experiment, centrifugation/flotation separation reduced germination of giant foxtail seeds from 94 to 52%. The likely cause of seed damage was the high pH of the potassium carbonate solution in conjunction with the increased hydrostatic pressure due to centrifugation. While centrifugation affected quantitative measures of seed viability, it did not alter qualitative viability estimates using a pressure test.

Keywords

Giant foxtail, Setaria faberi Herrm. SETFAWeed seed bankseed extractionSETFA
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 46 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 545 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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Footnotes

Current address: Department of Plant and Soil Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717

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