TY - JOUR AU - DRAGHICI, Cristina AU - ABRUDAN, Ioan Vasile PY - 2011/05/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Effect of Different Stratification Conditions on the Germination of Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl. and F. ornus L. Seeds JF - Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca JA - Not Bot Horti Agrobo VL - 39 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.15835/nbha3916098 UR - https://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha/article/view/6098 SP - 283-287 AB - The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of different stratification treatments recommended by the literature on the shortening of manna ash (F. ornus L.) and narrow-leaved ash (F. angustifolia Vahl.) seed germination in order to identify a suitable pre-germination treatment for seedling production. Seeds of three Southern Romanian origins for both species were exposed to four stratification treatments (cold (3oC) and warm (20oC), with and without sand-peat medium). The highest percentage of germination (up to 87% for Fraxinus ornus and up to 71% for F. angustifolia) was recorded in the case of the stratified seeds with cold medium (3oC) and relatively constant seed moisture (between 45% and 65%) throughout the treatment. ER -