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Common Milkweed Seed Maturation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

L. L. Evetts  and
O. C. Burnside
L. L. Evetts
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68503
O. C. Burnside
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68503
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Abstract

A 2-year experiment was conducted to determine the time interval between flowering and viable seed production in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.). A high percentage of seeds harvested 6 weeks after flowering germinated. Seeds harvested 6 and 7 weeks after flowering resulted in seedlings with significantly shorter radicles and hypocotyls than seeds harvested 8 weeks after flowering. There was a close association between seed weight and radicle and hypocotyl length. Common milkweed produced viable seeds 5 to 6 weeks after flowering.

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Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , November 1973 , pp. 568 - 569
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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