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Phyton (Buenos Aires)
On-line version ISSN 1851-5657
Abstract
ZHANG, LW; LIU, HL; ZHANG, DY and BIAN, WG. Seed dormancy release and germination characteristics of Corispermum lehmannianum Bunge, an endemic species in the Gurbantunggut desert of China. Phyton (B. Aires) [online]. 2015, vol.84, n.1, pp.58-63. ISSN 1851-5657.
Seed dormancy release and germination of Corispermum lehmannianum Bunge were tested using various treatments: temperature, cold stratification, gibberelins (GA3), dry storage and sand burial. Results showed that temperature and light did not affect the germination of fresh seeds, cold stratification and GA3 could improve seed germination, whereas dry storage and sand burial did not. The germination percentage was highest at 35/20 °C after the cold stratification and GA3 treatments. Corispermum lehmannianum seeds were classified as non-deep, Type-2, physiological dormancy (PD), whose seed dormancy could be released by cold stratification and GA3.
Keywords : Seed germination; Seed dormancy; Gurbantunggut desert.