Possible sources of Information for Year 11 Germination Unit

Online Journals

1. KCC Library databases. These are found on the Library Home page KCC Library Home page
The most useful sites could includethe following:

(Please note that these may only conect while you are at school. To connect from home through your own internet you may need to see a librarian for user names and passwords.)

a. Expanded Academic
b. Ebsco Aust/NZ Reference Centre
c. UQL Cyberschool
d. Gold Coast City Council Library (You will need to have your user name and password. Open "online resources" and use one of the Science databases including ProQuest science journals)

For more advanced research try these online resources- only some will be full text.

http://www.amjbot.org/searchall/ A huge list of scientific, medical and informational journals with search facilities and some full text articles available

http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/search?fulltext=germination Search this site some full text articles available


Internet sites

Salinity

http://www.ndsp.gov.au/ Dryland national salinity program

http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/salinity/solutions/solutions_book04.htm#pastures Establishing trees and shrubs in saline areas

http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/419/2365 Article - Salt tolerance in wild Hordeum species is associated with restricted entry of Na+ and Cl– into the shoots (Australian)

http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/96/3/399 Article - Strategies for Adaptation of Suaeda physophora, Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum to a Saline Environment During Seed-Germination Stage

http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/1/104 Article - Relationships Between Seed Germinability of Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae) and the Formation of Zonal Communities in an Inland Salt Marsh

http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/1/104 Article - The effect of extended exposure to hypersaline conditions on the germination of five inland halophyte species

http://www.ndsp.gov.au/library/scripts/objectifyMedia.aspx?file=pdf/37/18.pdf&siteID=5&str_title=PN020370_p10_13.pdf
Article - Challenge of rehabilitating a saline site ultimately rewards.

Heat, Fire, Smoke

http://www.biology.iastate.edu/intop/1Australia/Australia%20papers/FireEcologyEucalypts.htm
Article - Fire ecology of Australian Eucalypts

http://www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/shortreps/sr48.htm Article - Smoke is key to germinating native flora seeds

http://asgap.org.au/APOL24/dec01-4.html Article - Promotive effects of smoke on seed dormancy (Australian)

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1147171.htm
Article - Smoke reveals mystery of how seeds sprout

http://www.amjbot.org/ Article - Role of warm stratification in promoting germination of seeds of Empetrum hermaphroditum (Empetraceae)

http://www.csu.edu.au/special/bushfire99/papers/downey/
Article - Fire can stimulate the germination of some weed seeds with hard seed coats

Cold

http://www.aff.org.au/Johnson_Solanum_final.pdf Article - Factors affecting seed germination are. discussed together with ... grassy woodland and forest species: effects of smoke, heat, darkness and cold.

http://www.pssc.ttu.edu/plantprop/lecnotes/section2/topic7.htm Article - Seed germination and dormancy.

Seed size

http://www.amjbot.org/ Article - Only seed size matters for germination in different populations of the dimorphic Tragopogon pratensis

Posted by AS100 at 10:41 PM

Other possible Links (A)

Australian Tree Seed Centre
ACMER
ASCAP links for plant enthusiasts
ASGAS Internet botany and plant science resources listing
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants – links page
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Australian Systematic Botany Home Page
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research: Australian Plant Images
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research: Plant Inquiry Service
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research: Australian Plant Information
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research: Botanical Databases
Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Herbaria
Environmental Resources Information Network
Garden Web
Garden Web Australia
Greening Australia Limited
Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association
Indiginotes : Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association Newsletter
Large list of national and International botanical resources and links
Society for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP)

Other possible Links (B)

1. Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: use search box and then refine search. There is a powerful and useful advanced search function on this site. (See a Librarian for help if needed): http://www.affa.gov.au/

2. University of Sydney
Uniserve:http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/snrsci/plants.html(useful lists and sources, mostly full text.)

3. (Comprehensive List of Journals. Note that most of these online Journals will only provide abstracts of the Journals not full text. You will need to find ways of procuring the full text article. See Mr Smith for ideas.)http://www.e-journals.org/botany/

4. Comprehensive data base – again only abstracts see 3. Above Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

5. Comprehensive data base – again only abstracts see 3. Above Australian Journal of Botany

6.Austguide – Found on Library Hub in Periodical Centre for Schools. Journals on Austguide are generally available through the Periodical Centre for Schools- see a Librarian for access to this service

7. ABC data basehttp://search.abc.net.au/search/search.cgi?collection=abcall&form=advanced

8. Also
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1.html
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/toc/tpj
http://www.affa.gov.au/