Optimal and synchronized germination of Robinia pseudoacacia,Acacia dealbata and other woody Fabaceae using a handheld rotary tool:concomitant reduction of physical and physiological seed dormancy
Optimal and synchronized germination of Robinia pseudoacacia,Acacia dealbata and other woody Fabaceae using a handheld rotary tool:concomitant reduction of physical and physiological seed dormancy作者机构:Department of Plant Biology and Soil ScienceFaculty of BiologyUniversity of VigoUniversity Campus36310 VigoSpain
出 版 物:《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2018年第29卷第2期
页 面:283-290页
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学科分类:0907[农学-林学] 08[工学] 0829[工学-林业工程] 09[农学]
基 金:funded by the Xunta de Galicia(Spain) through Project XUGA 07MDS030310PR
主 题:Combinational dormancy Hardcoat Rotary tool Scarification Temperature
摘 要:The Fabaceae(legume family) is one of the largest families of plants with a worldwide distribution and a major role in agriculture and in agroforestry.A hard seed coat impermeable to water is a typical feature of several *** dormancy delays and reduces germination so that mechanical,physical and chemical scarification methods have been classically used to break seed dormancy of many *** evaluate the effectiveness of a methodology to scarify seeds of several woody Fabaceae of ecological and economical importance,including Robinia pseudoacacia and Acacia dealbata and the shrubs Cytisus scoparius,*** and Ulex *** describe the optimized use of a handheld rotary tool(HRT),and compare its effectiveness with other scarification methods reported to break dormancy such as boiling or dry *** germination and/or speed of germination were enhanced after the application of the HRT,with germination percentages significantly higher than those achieved by other methods of *** on a thorough literature review,a mode of action for the HRT is suggested which could operate by breaking the physical and physiological dormancy of treated seeds through thecombined action of coat abrasion and moderate *** these results,we recommend the application of this rapid,effective,low-cost and highly reproducible HRT method to break seed dormancy and enhance germination of these species and others with similar dormancy constraints.