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- Title
Seed Dormancy and Germination of the European Chaerophyllum temulum (Apiaceae), a Member of a Trans-Atlantic Genus.
- Authors
Filip Vandelook; Nele Bolle; Jozef A. Van Assche
- Abstract
Background and Aims The European Chaerophyllum temulum and two North American Chaerophyllum species have a trans-Atlantic disjunct distribution. This work aimed to resolve requirements for dormancy break and germination of C. temulum seeds and to compare dormancy traits with those of the two North American congeners. Methods Phenology of germination and embryo growth was studied by regularly exhuming seeds sown in natural conditions. Temperature requirements for embryo growth, breaking of dormancy and germination were determined by incubating seeds under controlled laboratory conditions. Additionally the effect of GA3 on germination was tested to determine the specific dormancy type. Key Results In natural conditions, embryo growth starts in early winter. Seedlings emerge in late winter shortly after the embryos reached the critical ratio for embryo length to seed length (E : S) of approx. 0·95. Growth of the embryo only occurs during a prolonged incubation period at 5 °C. After stratification at 5 °C, which breaks physiological and morphological dormancy, seeds can germinate at a wide range of temperatures. GA3 did not substitute for cold stratification in seeds placed at 23 °C. Conclusions Chaerophyllum temulum has deep complex morphophysiological dormancy. This dormancy type differs considerably from that of the two North American congeners.
- Subjects
PLANT species; DORMANCY in plants; GERMINATION; PLANT embryology
- Publication
Annals of Botany, 2007, Vol 100, Issue 2, p233
- ISSN
0305-7364
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/aob/mcm090