I now try to writing research proposal about germination of seed from parasitic plant (in this case, i try to germinate the rafflesia seeds). If anyone here have some experiences in germination of parasitic plant seeds especially holoparasitic plant like rafflesia, i would like to get some advice and maybe technique to do it, and if already have protocol to do it, would you like to share with me.
thank you in advance. hope advice, comment and suggestion from all of you will help me to improve this research and i can start working with this project.
best wishes,
idris
dear Arvind Singh
thank you for the reference you send.
but, none of the treatment that had been done in this reference give significant result in germination of the seeds, almost no germination for all seeds treatments.
anyone have another suggestion or idea how to germinate that kind of seeds (seems rafflesia seeds difficult to germinate based on the result from reference that Mr. Arvind Singh sent)
see Daws, M.I., H.W. Pritchard, and J. Van Staden. 2008. Butenolide from plant-derived smoke functions as a strigolatone analogue: Evidence from parasitic weed germination. South African Journal of Botany 74:116-120
Not the plant holoparasitic family you are working with but may be of use
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