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Seed Knowledge > Guidelines and Code of Practice > Florabank Guideline 8 - Basic germination and viability tests for native plant seed

Florabank Guideline 8 - Basic germination and viability tests for native plant seed

This guideline describes basic, low-cost approaches to testing native seed for people involved in revegetation. If you know how, you can determine a seed’s viability quickly and easily. There are also simple, standardised germination tests that should be routine procedure when entering seed into storage.

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In References and Resources you will find publications, fact sheets, guidelines, reports and links to the scientific literature about all aspects of seed collection, handling and use. Florabank has collated information from researchers, seed collectors, seed and plant users and from the work of CSIRO, Greening Australia and botanic gardens around Australia. Read more..

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25 August 2008

Species Navigator

An interactive key for selecting common revegetation species.  Includes a Seed Collection Advisor to help you maximise the genetic quality of collected seed. ...

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25 August 2008

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Basic guidelines, resources and a scoresheet to effectively describe revegetation sites. ...

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25 August 2008

Vegetation Management Tool

A tool to help you design, prepare, revegetate and maintain revegetation sites....

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