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I am going to grow teosinte in the greenhouse and currently I'm trying to persuade the seeds to germinate. In the wikipedia article about teosinte I read that seeds easily germinate if treated with diluted hydrogen peroxide. I would be very grateful if anyone could point me to the source of this information, since it would be very helpful to know the concentration of hydrogen peroxide and duration of the treatment.

I've tried soaking teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) seeds in 20% hydrogen peroxide overnight and have had pretty good success in getting the plants to germinate in the greenhouse. I found this protocol in the following forum discussion at CIMMYT:

http://www.cimmyt.org/abc/geneflow/geneflow_pdf_engl/Geneflow_Group2.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbhufford (talk • contribs) 19:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)