[CITAAT][C] Germination value: an index combining speed and completeness of pine seed germination

FJ Czabator - Forest science, 1962 - academic.oup.com
A GERMINATION TEST of a representative sample of seed is a standard procedure for
determining the viability of a seed lot, the effectiveness of some presowing treatment, or the
number of seedlings which may be expected from sowing a certain number of seed in the
field or nursery. Although meth-ods of conducting such tests are fairly well standardized,
interpretation of the results too often is subjective, with tables of experience• graphs of the
course of germination, or statistical transformation of the data be-ing used to qualify the …