Different levels of morphophysiological seed dormancy in Ribes alpinum and R. uva-crispa (Grossulariaceae) facilitate adaptation to differentiated habitats
Forest Systems
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Different levels of morphophysiological seed dormancy in Ribes alpinum and R. uva-crispa (Grossulariaceae) facilitate adaptation to differentiated habitats
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Herranz-Ferrer, Raquel
Copete-Carreño, Miguel Ángel Herranz-Sanz, José María Copete-Carreño, Elena Ferrandis-Gotor, Pablo |
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Aim of the study: To study the germination ecology of two species of the genus Ribes to reveal their levels of morphophysiological dormancy (MPD) and to facilitate the production of plants from seeds, a key tool for population reinforcement.Area of study: Experiments were carried out both outdoors and in the laboratory in Albacete (Spain) with seeds from the Meridional Iberian System mountain range.Material and methods: Seeds from one population of Ribes alpinum and from other of Ribes uva-crispa were collected during several years. Embryo length, radicle and seedling emergence, and effects on germination of stratification and GA3 were analysed to determine the level of MPD.Main results: In R. alpinum, embryo length in fresh seeds was 0.49 mm, needing to grow to 1.30 mm to germinate. Warm stratification (25/10ºC) promoted embryo length enlargement to 0.97 mm. Afterwards, seeds germinated within a wide temperature range. Embryo growth and seedling emergence occur late summer-early autumn. In R. uva-crispa, embryo length in fresh seeds was 0.52 mm, being 2.10 mm the minimal size to germinate. Embryos exposed to a moderately warm stratification (20/7ºC + 15/4ºC) followed by cold (5ºC) grew to 2.30 mm. Then, seeds germinated ≥ 80% when incubated at temperatures ≥ 15/4ºC. Embryos grew in autumn/early winter, and seedlings emerged late winter-early spring.Research highlights: These results showed that R. alpinum seeds have a nondeep simple MPD while R. uva-crispa seeds have a nondeep complex MPD. Moreover, the different germinative models found for each species help explain their installation in distinct habitats.Keywords: Ribes; seed dormancy break; radicle emergence; seedling emergence; nondeep simple and nondeep complex MPD.Abbreviations used: Morphophysiological dormancy (MPD), morphological dormancy (MD), Gibberellic acid (GA3), months (m).
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INIA
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Regional Ministry of Education and Science, Government of Castilla-La Mancha
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2020-11-16
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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https://revistas.inia.es/index.php/fs/article/view/15932
10.5424/fs/2020292-15932 |
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Forest Systems; Vol 29, No 2 (2020); e017
Forest Systems; Vol 29, No 2 (2020); e017 2171-9845 |
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eng
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https://revistas.inia.es/index.php/fs/article/view/15932/4801
https://revistas.inia.es/index.php/fs/article/downloadSuppFile/15932/17022 |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Copyright (c) 2020 Forest Systems |
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