Dear Afi,
What I am going to do is look at characteristics of the mapple tree and the
seeds, probably do an internet search, and come up with the way foward.
You know time comes when you use, need what you learn years back. Today you
have heard of cotyledon again after very many years and you know what i am
talking about; the value of learning/education!!
thanks
Joel
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:09:55 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Mapple tree
To: [email protected]
Joel,
Thanks for that professional work done with regard to this project for the
benefit of the community. Since you have stated that you did'nt find a live
embryo and the cotyledon(i last heard this when i was in P.4!!n haha) was
depleted thereby causing the loss of viability, what would be your advise on
the way forward - you are the professional in this field. Should the sender of
the mapple seeds find a quicker way of sending them before loss of viability
etc?? May be the seeds would have germinated if there was no loss of the
embyro...no loss of the food for the embryo(cotyledon) as a result of the time
it takes(the lesser the time, the better) from when the seeds are picked from
the mapple tree to when it reaches the professional hands of the person of
Joel.
What is your advise on the way forward?
Afi
From: joel arumadri <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 9:24:11 AM
Subject: [WestNileNet] Mapple tree
Dear interested,
You recall we received some seeds of the above tree from one of our own in the
diaspora through Jimmy Adriko who passed the seeds to me for planting.
I did viability test of the seeds and in all seeds I tried to split I didnt
find a live embryo and the cotyledon (serving as food source for the embryo)
was very soft, meaning it was depleted.
However I went ahead and planted the seeds and unfortunately none of them
germinated. This means that the seeds had lost viability by the time they were
received.
Depending on the physiology of the tree, some seeds retain viability for long
while others lose it within a very short time. So there is need to know more
about this tree so as to determine the way foward.
Best regards, Joel
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