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Acacia shows extreme variability in the degree of hard seededness, both between and within species; the proportion of hard seed in a sample depends on the environmental conditions during plant growth, the maturity of the seed at harvest and the length of time it has spent in storage.
Chapter 2 1994
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This characteristic, known as 'hard seededness', prevents the simultaneous germination of the entire stock of seed in the soil at the start of the wet season.
Chapter 2 1994
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Because of the trade-off between potential kernel size and number, prolonged duration, rather than an increased rate of kernel filling, appeared to be the main mechanism through which the large-seededness increased grain yield.
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