ABSTRACT
Even saprotrophic fungi can influence plant establishment. Inoculation of the seed of the pulp wood tree Gmelina arborea with the fungus Chaetomium bostrychodes has been shown to improve seed germination (Osonubi et al., 1990) (Fig. 5.3). It is probable that enzyme production by the fungal hyphae assist in seed stratification or replacement of the scarification process.
