Trials were performed in 1999 and in 2000 where seeds were germinated at different temperatures. Analysis of variance showed no differences in the behaviour of the seeds among the trials; therefore, data for each cultivar were combined. Temperature had a smallbutstatisticallysignificanteffectonthefinalpercentagethatgerminated.Ingeneral, there was a trend for percent germination to increase with temperature. However, the highest germination was found in seeds germinated at ambient conditions. For seeds germinated at constant temperatures between 15 and 25 8C and, at ambient temperatures, there was no difference in either their speed or duration of germination (Table 2). However, those placed at 10 8C were both slower to germinate and had a greater duration of germination.