SEED STORAGE BEHAVIOUR IN ACER OPAL

SEED STORAGE BEHAVIOUR IN ACER OPALUS
The moisture content of the seeds at maturity was
23%, and the weight of 1000 seeds was 37.5 g. The low
water content as well as the quite low weight of the
seeds indicate that Acer opalus seeds are very close to
the area of orthodox seeds in the scheme proposed by
Hong & Ellis (1996). Additional evidence of the orthodox
behaviour of Acer opalus seeds comes from the fact
that although the seeds were dried to about 5%
moisture content, 100% germination was obtained