Faecal seeding, drought, and seed survival in dung
Conference Contribution ResearchOnline@JCUGlasser, Abby;Gardiner, Chris
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Desmanthus is a tropical sub tropical pasture legume with hard seed. Seed was fed to cows in a molasses dry season supplement. The resulting dung was collected and stored for later use. Eight years later the dung was sieved and seed extracted and tested for germination. 84% of the seed recovered from the dung germinated suggesting that Desmanthus seed is very resilient and stays viable after passing the gastro intestinal tract. The seed is very hardy and long lived in dry conditions, potentially surviving drought to germinate later under moist conditions.
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