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  3.11.2 Tropical and Sub-tropical Tree and Shrub Seed Handbook, 1st Edition, 1998        
  Edited by K. Poulsen, M. Parratt and P. Gosling

This book contains an introductory chapter on seed testing, with consideration of the special difficulties of tropical and sub-tropical tree seeds, followed by sections on approximately 40 species. There is a line diagram of each species' seed/fruit and sometimes foliage, plus sections on flowering, fruit ripening, collection and processing, then seed testing information on purity/thousand pure seed weight statistics, plus methods of dormancy breakage, germination and storage.
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