Later experiments using older seed were treated with smoked water. Austrodanthonia caespitosa With fresh seed smoke treatment increased the speed and percentage germination. Older seed showed no response. For these germination tests the seed was intact for the fresh seed, and the awns were cut off for the 10 month old seed. Bothriochloa macra Fresh seed has not been tested.
Fresh seed germinates more rapidly and with more success if smoke is used.
Fresh seed has not been tested. Trichopel Trichopel is not strictly a chemical substance but a pelletised form of several strains of the beneficial fungus Trichoderma harzianum . It antagonises and inhibits the growth of fungal pathogens, including endogenous fungi. Six granules per dish were cultured on the incubation solution for 4 days prior to use. In the trials of compounds to control contamination PPM was shown to have beneficial germination effect on Poa labillardieri .