As there is no literature to document experiments
demonstrating the contribution of warm and cold
stratification treatments as well as the effect of GA3 on
breaking dormancy of O. carpinifolia seeds, the objectives of
the present study are to i) examine the effectiveness of
warm, cold stratification and gibberellic acid (GA3) on
germination, ii) describe the effects of warm and cold
stratification treatment combinations on germination, iii)
describe the effects of gibberellic acid and cold stratification
treatment combinations on germination, and iv) propose
effective treatments to maximize germination percentage of
O. carpinifolia seeds