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Ngarega BK, Chaibva P, Masocha VF, Saina JK, Khine PK, Schneider H. Application of MaxEnt modeling to evaluate the climate change effects on the geographic distribution of Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng in Africa. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 196:62. [PMID: 38112854 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12232-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Lippia javanica is a typical indigenous plant species mostly found in the higher elevation or mountainous regions in southern, central, and eastern Africa. The ongoing utilization of the species for ethnobotanical applications and traditional uses, coupled with the changing climate, increases the risk of a potential reduction in its geographic distribution range in the region. Herein, we utilized the MaxEnt species distribution modelling to build the L. javanica distribution models in tropical and subtropical African regions for current and future climates. The MaxEnt models were calibrated and fitted using 286 occurrence records and six environmental variables. Temperatures, including temperature seasonality [Bio 4] and the maximum temperature of the warmest month [Bio 5], were observed to be the most significant determinants of L. javanica's distribution. The current projected range for L. javanica was estimated to be 2,118,457 km2. Future model predictions indicated that L. javanica may increase its geographic distribution in western areas of the continent and regions around the equator; however, much of the geographic range in southern Africa may shift southwards, causing the species to lose portions of the northern limits of the habitat range. These current findings can help increase the conservation of L. javanica and other species and combat localized species loss induced by climate change and human pressure. We also emphasize the importance of more investigations and enhanced surveillance of traditionally used plant species in regions that are acutely susceptible to climate change.
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- Boniface K Ngarega
- Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, 666303, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Midlands State University, Bag 9055, Gweru, Zimbabwe
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- Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, 666303, China.
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- Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, 666303, China
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- Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, 666303, China
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- Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, 666303, China
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Seed Traits Research Is on the Rise: A Bibliometric Analysis from 1991–2020. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11152006. [PMID: 35956484 PMCID: PMC9370117 DOI: 10.3390/plants11152006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Seed traits (ST) influence seedling establishment, population dynamics, community composition and ecosystem function and reflect the adaptability of plants and the environmental conditions they experienced. There has been a historical and global accumulation of studies on ST, but with few pertaining to visual and quantitative analyses. To understand the trends in the field of ST research in the past 30 years, we conducted a bibliometric analysis based on the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) database. The analysis provided annual publications, time trends for keywords, the most productive journals, authors, institutions and countries, and a comprehensive overview of the ST field. Our results showed that in the past 30 years, the number of publications in ST research has increased at an average annual growth rate of 9.1%, while the average number of citations per paper per year showed a rapid increase–slow increase–decrease trend. Keyword analysis showed that “germination” was the most popular research section. Crop Science ranked first among the top journals and Theoretical and Applied Genetics had greater influence in this area and more citations than other journals. The 10 most productive institutions were mostly located in the United States, China and Australia. Furthermore, the three countries also had the largest number of publications and citations. Our analysis showed that the research interests in ST have evolved from genetics and agricultural science to ecological research over the last thirty years; as more fields embrace ST research, there are opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaborations, cooperative institutions and new advances in the field.
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Ghaderi-Far F, Coşgun ZL, Değirmenci CÜ, Tüysüz I, Ülgen C, Tavşanoğlu Ç. Light and temperature requirements for germination in the Mediterranean shrub Lavandula stoechas (Lamiaceae). PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2021; 23:992-999. [PMID: 34516720 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Available studies are far from giving a complete figure for the germination requirements of many Mediterranean Basin species. In this study, we investigated the germination properties of Lavandula stoechas L. (Lamiaceae) in response to different light and temperature regimes. We performed comprehensive experiments to test the effect of fixed and alternating temperatures, dark versus light conditions, and thermodormancy or thermoinhibition on several germination properties in three populations of L. stoechas from southwestern Turkey. Germination patterns showed a substantial variation among populations. Germination percentage was higher in the light conditions than in the dark at most temperatures, and alternating temperatures substituted light for the germination. The requirement of L. stoechas seeds to light for germination gradually increased through lower and higher temperatures than 15 °C. High temperature (30 °C) reduced the germination percentage to zero. However, in the presence of light, seeds were able to germinate after transferring to the optimum temperature (thermoinhibition), but this was not the case in darkness (thermodormancy). Seed germination in L. stoechas was stimulated by light, suggesting that germination has a phytochrome-mediated response. Our study makes an inference to the fire-environment interactions in the germination of Mediterranean seeder species by showing that both light and alternating temperatures stimulate germination in L. stoechas, a species well-known with its fire-related germination. Comprehensive germination studies are required for a better understanding of the early life-stage adaptations of plants to Mediterranean conditions, and for developing more robust strategies for conservation and ecosystem restoration.
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- F Ghaderi-Far
- Department of Agronomy, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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- Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Zhao M, Liu Z, Zhang H, Wang Y, Yan H. Germination Characteristics Is More Associated With Phylogeny-Related Traits of Species in a Salinized Grassland of Northeastern China. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.748038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Knowing the determinants of seed germination helps us understand plant adaptive strategies to the environment and predict population and community regeneration under climate change. However, multiple factors, including plant and seed traits that influence germination and their relative importance, have received little attention. Here, seed germination experiments were conducted on newly collected seeds for 89 herbaceous species from salinized Songnen grassland. We tested the effects of multiple phylogeny-related plant traits and seed morphological and physiological traits on germination percentage and initial germination time and their relative contribution to shaping germination variation. We found that biennials had higher germination percentages and rates than annuals and perennials. Species with brown seeds had higher germination percentages than those with yellow and black seeds. Eudicots germinated faster than monocots, and seeds with morphophysiological dormancy required more time to initiate germination than those with other kinds of dormancy. Phylogeny-related factors explained more of the variation in germination than seed traits. Seed mass and volume of the large-seeded, but not small-seeded group species were positively correlated with germination percentage. Our findings provide important information for understanding germination variation across species and local adaptation for species in the salinized Songnen grassland.
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Saffariha M, Jahani A, Potter D. Seed germination prediction of Salvia limbata under ecological stresses in protected areas: an artificial intelligence modeling approach. BMC Ecol 2020; 20:48. [PMID: 32861248 PMCID: PMC7456011 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-020-00316-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Salvia is a large, diverse, and polymorphous genus of the family Lamiaceae, comprising about 900 ornamentals, medicinal species with almost cosmopolitan distribution in the world. The success of Salvia limbata seed germination depends on a numerous ecological factors and stresses. We aimed to analyze Salvia limbata seed germination under four ecological stresses of salinity, drought, temperature and pH, with application of artificial intelligence modeling techniques such as MLR (Multiple Linear Regression), and MLP (Multi-Layer Perceptron). The S.limbata seeds germination was tested in different combinations of abiotic conditions. Five different temperatures of 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 °C, seven drought treatments of 0, -2, -4, -6, -8, -10 and -12 bars, eight treatments of salinity containing 0, 50, 100.150, 200, 250, 300 and 350 mM of NaCl, and six pH treatments of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were tested. Indeed 228 combinations were tested to determine the percentage of germination for model development. RESULTS Comparing to the MLR, the MLP model represents the significant value of R2 in training (0.95), validation (0.92) and test data sets (0.93). According to the results of sensitivity analysis, the values of drought, salinity, pH and temperature are respectively known as the most significant variables influencing S. limbata seed germination. Areas with high moisture content and low salinity in the soil have a high potential to seed germination of S. limbata. Also, the temperature of 18.3 °C and pH of 7.7 are proposed for achieving the maximum number of germinated S. limbata seeds. CONCLUSIONS Multilayer perceptron model helps managers to determine the success of S.limbata seed planting in agricultural or natural ecosystems. The designed graphical user interface is an environmental decision support system tool for agriculture or rangeland managers to predict the success of S.limbata seed germination (percentage) in different ecological constraints of lands.
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- Maryam Saffariha
- Rangeland Management, College of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Natural Environment and Biodiversity Department, College of Environment, Standard Square, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, USA
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Cochrane JA. Thermal Requirements Underpinning Germination Allude to Risk of Species Decline from Climate Warming. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9060796. [PMID: 32630588 PMCID: PMC7355932 DOI: 10.3390/plants9060796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The storage of seeds is a commonly used means of preserving plant genetic diversity in the face of rising threats such as climate change. Here, the findings of research from the past decade into thermal requirements for germination are synthesised for more than 100 plant species from southern Western Australia. This global biodiversity hotspot is predicted to suffer major plant collapse under forecast climate change. A temperature gradient plate was used to assess the thermal requirements underpinning seed germination in both commonly occurring and geographically restricted species. The results suggest that the local climate of the seed source sites does not drive seed responses, neither is it indicative of temperatures for optimal germination. The low diurnal phase of the temperature regime provided the most significant impact on germination timing. Several species germinated optimally at mean temperatures below or close to current wet quarter temperatures, and more than 40% of species were likely to be impacted in the future, with germination occurring under supra-optimal temperature conditions. This research highlights both species vulnerability and resilience to a warming climate during the regeneration phase of the life cycle and provides vital information for those aiming to manage, conserve and restore this regional flora.
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- Jennifer Anne Cochrane
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983, Australia; ; Tel.: +61-429-698-644
- Division of Ecology and Evolution, College of Science, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Castillo-Lorenzo E, Pritchard HW, Finch-Savage WE, Seal CE. Comparison of seed and seedling functional traits in native Helianthus species and the crop H. annuus (sunflower). PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2019; 21:533-543. [PMID: 30353985 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Seed functional traits of native Helianthus species contribute towards ecosystem services but limitations to their use in managed programmes exist. Many perennial Helianthus possess seed dormancy. The ability for germination to occur under different temperature and drought conditions, as well as the capacity of germinated seeds to convert into normal seedlings is rarely considered. Our aim was to identify and quantify these constraints through functional trait analyses. In five seed lots of native Helianthus (four perennial and one annual) and five genotypes of sunflower (H. annuus) for comparison, dormancy, thermal and hydro thresholds and times, morphology, mass, oil content and conversion into normal seedlings were quantified. The influence of the seed collection site environment on these traits was also explored. Seed dormancy of the perennial species was overcome by scarification followed by germination in 5 mm GA3 . Thermal and hydro-time analyses revealed slower germination for the native seed lots (>1350 °Ch) in comparison to the sunflower genotypes (<829.9 °Ch). However, native seed lots had a higher capacity to convert into normal seedlings at high temperatures and low water potentials than sunflower genotypes. For the native seed lots, the average monthly temperature of the collection site was negatively correlated with thermal time. Variability in seed functional traits of native Helianthus and greater capacity for germinated seeds to convert into normal seedlings suggests they are better equipped to cope with high temperature and drought scenarios than sunflower. Effective dormancy alleviation is required to facilitate the use of native Helianthus species.
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- E Castillo-Lorenzo
- Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, West Sussex, UK
- School of Life Sciences, Warwick University, Wellesbourne, Warwick, UK
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- Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, West Sussex, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Warwick University, Wellesbourne, Warwick, UK
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- Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, West Sussex, UK
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Mattana E, Gomez-Barreiro P, Lötter M, Hankey AJ, Froneman W, Mamatsharaga A, Wilkin P, Ulian T. Morphological and functional seed traits of the wild medicinal plant Dioscorea strydomiana, the most threatened yam in the world. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2019; 21:515-522. [PMID: 30076674 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Morphological and functional seed traits have important roles in characterising the species regeneration niche and help to understand the reproductive biology of rare and threatened plants, which can thus support appropriate plant conservation measures. Seed morphometric and dispersal kinetics of the critically endangered Dioscorea strydomiana were measured and compared with those of four other Dioscorea species, and seed germination response under constant temperatures (5-35 °C) was compared with that of the congeneric and widespread D. sylvatica. Seed mass of D. strydomiana (ca. 14 mg) was twice that of D. sylvatica, but similar to or smaller than the other species examined. Seeds of D. strydomiana have the lowest speed of descent and lowest variability in most of the morphological traits considered, suggesting lower phenotypic plasticity but higher variance in the wing-loading value. Seeds of D. strydomiana reached maximum germination at 15 °C (ca. 47%), which decreased slightly to ca. 37% at 25 °C and was completely inhibited at 35 °C. D. sylvatica seeds started to germinate at 10 °C (ca. 3%), reached 75-80% germination at 15-20 °C and maximum (ca. 90%) at 25-30 °C. Base temperatures for germination (Tb ) were 9.3 and 5.7 °C, for D. strydomiana and D. sylvatica, respectively. Due to the higher germination percentages of D. sylvatica, ceiling and optimum temperatures could also be modelled for this species, suggesting higher sensitivity to high temperature for seeds of D. strydomiana. The detected poor seed lot quality of D. strydomiana suggests difficulties in reproduction from seed, highlighting the need for further investigation and conservation actions for this threatened yam species.
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- E Mattana
- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, Lydenburg, South Africa
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Wilropark, South Africa
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Lowveld National Botanical Garden, Mbombela, South Africa
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Lowveld National Botanical Garden, Mbombela, South Africa
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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Martínez-Villegas JA, Castillo-Argüero S, Márquez-Guzmán J, Orozco-Segovia A. Plant attributes and their relationship to the germination response to different temperatures of 18 species from central Mexico. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20:1042-1052. [PMID: 30055073 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Germination responses of non-dormant seeds to temperature and thermal requirements are affected by the geoclimatic origin of the species, along with specific attributes such as life form, life cycle or seed size. We evaluated the relationship of these attributes and temperature to germination in 18 species that inhabit a convergence area of two biogeographic realms. Seeds were sown at different constant temperatures. Base temperature (Tb ) and thermal time for 50% germination (θT(50) ) were determined. For Tb , θT(50) and seed size, we performed a cluster analysis and then applied a discriminant analysis (DA). DA was also performed using geoclimatic origin, life form and life cycle as grouping variables. Seed that did not germinate were transferred to the benefit temperature for germination. Finally, ethylene was applied to the remaining seeds that did not germinate. Temperature significantly affected final germination. Tb varied between 5 and 13 °C in 15 species and 19.0-21.5 °C in the remainder; θT(50) was 7-30 °Cd in eight species and 50-109 °Cd in the remainder. Cluster analysis showed three groups, and DA evidenced the relevance of Tb and θT(50) for this separation. Differences in life cycle were related to θT(50) . The geoclimatic origin was not significant. Thermoinhibition or thermodormancy were found in some species. Tb overlaps with environmental temperature of the growth season. Thermal traits for germination mainly reflect the species' life cycle, which is related to the main differences in reproductive performance among annuals and perennials. Local adaptation might mask the effect of geoclimatic origin of a species.
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- J A Martínez-Villegas
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
- Departamento de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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Mattana E, Sacande M, Bradamante G, Gomez-Barreiro P, Sanogo S, Ulian T. Understanding biological and ecological factors affecting seed germination of the multipurpose tree Anogeissus leiocarpa. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20:602-609. [PMID: 29394528 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr. (Combretaceae) has important economic and cultural value in West Africa as source of wood, dye and medicine. Although this tree is in high demand by local communities, its planting remains limited due to its very low propagation via seed. In this study, X-rays were used to select filled fruits in order to characterise their morphology and seed germination responses to treatment with sulphuric acid and different incubation temperatures. Morphological observations highlighted a straight orthotropous seed structure. The increase in mass detected for both intact and scarified fruits through imbibition tests, as well as morphological observations of fruits soaked in methylene blue solution, confirmed that they are water-permeable, although acid-scarified fruits reached significantly higher mass increment values than intact ones. Acid scarification (10 min soaking in 98% H2 SO4 ) positively affected seed germination rate but not final germination proportions. When intact fruits where incubated at a range of temperatures, no seeds germinated at 10 °C, while maximum seed germination (ca. 80%) was reached at 20 °C. T50 values ranged from a minimum of ca. 12 days at 25 °C to a maximum of ca. 34 days at 15 and 35 °C. A theoretical base temperature for germination (Tb ) of ca. 10 °C and a thermal requirement for 50% germination (S) of ca. 195 °Cd were also identified for intact fruits. The results of this study revealed the seed germination characteristics driven by fruit and seed morphology of this species, which will help in its wider propagation in plantations.
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- E Mattana
- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
- Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER), Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique de Sikasso (CRRA), Sikasso, Mali
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- Natural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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Seal CE, Daws MI, Flores J, Ortega-Baes P, Galíndez G, León-Lobos P, Sandoval A, Ceroni Stuva A, Ramírez Bullón N, Dávila-Aranda P, Ordoñez-Salanueva CA, Yáñez-Espinosa L, Ulian T, Amosso C, Zubani L, Torres Bilbao A, Pritchard HW. Thermal buffering capacity of the germination phenotype across the environmental envelope of the Cactaceae. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2017; 23:5309-5317. [PMID: 28657127 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Recruitment from seeds is among the most vulnerable stage for plants as global temperatures change. While germination is the means by which the vast majority of the world's flora regenerate naturally, a framework for accurately predicting which species are at greatest risk of germination failure during environmental perturbation is lacking. Taking a physiological approach, we assess how one family, the Cactaceae, may respond to global temperature change based on the thermal buffering capacity of the germination phenotype. We selected 55 cactus species from the Americas, all geo-referenced seed collections, reflecting the broad environmental envelope of the family across 70° of latitude and 3700 m of altitude. We then generated empirical data of the thermal germination response from which we estimated the minimum (Tb ), optimum (To ) and ceiling (Tc ) temperature for germination and the thermal time (θ50 ) for each species based on the linearity of germination rate with temperature. Species with the highest Tb and lowest Tc germinated fastest, and the interspecific sensitivity of the germination rate to temperature, as assessed through θ50 , varied tenfold. A left-skewed asymmetry in the germination rate with temperature was relatively common but the unimodal pattern typical of crop species failed for nearly half of the species due to insensitivity to temperature change at To . For 32 fully characterized species, seed thermal parameters correlated strongly with the mean temperature of the wettest quarter of the seed collection sites. By projecting the mean temperature of the wettest quarter under two climate change scenarios, we predict under the least conservative scenario (+3.7°C) that 25% of cactus species will have reduced germination performance, whilst the remainder will have an efficiency gain, by the end of the 21st century.
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- Charlotte E Seal
- Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas (LABIBO)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Banco Base de Semillas, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA, Vicuña, Chile
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- Banco Base de Semillas, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA, Vicuña, Chile
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- Jardín Botánico "Octavio Velarde Núñez", Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú
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- Jardín Botánico "Octavio Velarde Núñez", Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú
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- Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Thalnepantla, México
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- Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Thalnepantla, México
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- Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Department of Natural Capital & Plant Health, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell' Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell' Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Empresa Nacional para la Protección de la Flora y la Fauna, Banda Placetas, Santa Clara, Cuba
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- Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ardingly, UK
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Elzenga JTM, Bekker RM. Seed germination: ecological aspects - special issue editorial. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2017; 19:3-5. [PMID: 27925462 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- J T M Elzenga
- Ecophysiology of Plants, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Ecophysiology of Plants, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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