10 August 2009 10:08 PM Thanks to Joy and Bob Coghlan for this information.In a first for an Australian Botanic Garden, the Royal Tasmanian Botanic garden has developed a web-based seed germination database to provide public access to germination data. Users can search by Family or Genus and download the results of seed germination tests as PDF files. The database currently holds 2112 completed germination tests conducted on 418 of collections, representing 405 different taxa. As the Seedbank is still in its infancy species coverage is still rather narrow but this will naturally increase with time. The database will be invaluable for people involved in the propagation of native species, from Land Care Groups involved in restoration ecology through to the amateur gardener. { Add Comment }
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