Changes in the light sensitivity of buried Polygonum aviculare seeds in relation to cold-induced dormancy loss : development of a predictive model

The effect of cold (stratification) temperature on changes in the sensitivity of Polygonum aviculare seeds to light was investigated. Seeds buried in pots were stored under stratification temperatures (1.6, 7 and 12 degrees C) for 137 d. Seeds exhumed at regular intervals during storage were exposed...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 165(2005), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 445-52
1. Verfasser: Batlla, Diego (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Benech-Arnold, Roberto Luis
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of cold (stratification) temperature on changes in the sensitivity of Polygonum aviculare seeds to light was investigated. Seeds buried in pots were stored under stratification temperatures (1.6, 7 and 12 degrees C) for 137 d. Seeds exhumed at regular intervals during storage were exposed to different light treatments. Germination responses obtained for seeds exposed to different light treatments and stratification temperatures were used to develop a model to predict the sensitivity of buried seeds to light. Seed sensitivity to light increased as dormancy loss progressed, showing the successive acquisition of low-fluence responses (LFR), very low-fluence responses (VLFR), and the loss of the light requirement for germination for a fraction of the seed population. These changes were inversely correlated to stratification temperature, allowing the use of a thermal time index to relate observed changes in seed light sensitivity to stratification temperature. The rate of increase in sensitivity of P. aviculare seeds to light during stratification is inversely correlated to soil temperature, and these changes in light sensitivity could be predicted in relation to temperature using thermal-time models
Beschreibung:Date Completed 24.05.2005
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print
CommentIn: New Phytol. 2005 Feb;165(2):338-41. - PMID 15720646
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137