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The ferments and latent life of resting seeds

1909; Royal Society; Volume: 81; Issue: 550 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspb.1909.0043

2053-9185

J. Barrington White,

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

This subject was suggested to me by Prof. Ewart as an outcome of his long series of experiments on the longevity of seeds. For the most part, I have confined my attention solely to the seeds of cereals as being of the greatest importance in agriculture. The scheme proposed for the carrying out of these investigations necessitated the procuring of old grains; this was not an easy matter, but after several months I was very fortunate in having seeds forwarded from the Agricultural Department, Victoria ; Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria; the Chamber of Commerce, South Australia; and the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales. For these I am much indebted to Messrs. J. Knight, H. Pye, and W. Potts, whom I now take the opportunity of thanking for the trouble they have taken.