The effects of seed mass and fluctuating temperatures on the germination and heterotrophic seedling development of 3 seed sources of Russian wildrye, Psathyrostachysjuncea (J?iih.) New& were studied, Seeds that weighed 2.4,3.0,3.6, and 43 5 0.1 mg of each seed source were germinated in an unlighted incubation chamber at 5-100 C, S-E0 C, lO-15O C, and 10-200 C. Germination and heterotrophic seedlings development were assessed using: 1) mean time to germinate Cr,), 2) the mean proportion of seeds to germinate (G) and 3) mean maximum radicle and coleoptile extension. Data were analyzed using a 4 X 4 X 3 factorial analysis of variance (n=144) comprised of main effects, temperature (T), seed mass (M), and seed source (S). Tie to germ-h&ion was significantly affected by T @'=647.44, P
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