Effect of Temperature, Light and Salinity on Seed Germination and Radicle Growth of the Geographically Widespread Halophyte Shrub Halocnemum strobilaceum | Zendy

Xiaoqing Qu | Zendy; Zhenying Huang | Zendy; Jerry M. Baskin | Zendy; C. C. Baskin | Zendy

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Effect of Temperature, Light and Salinity on Seed Germination and Radicle Growth of the Geographically Widespread Halophyte Shrub Halocnemum strobilaceum

Author(s) -

Xiaoqing Qu,

Zhenying Huang,

Jerry M. Baskin,

C. C. Baskin

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcm047

Subject(s) - radicle , germination , salinity , biology , halophyte , shrub , botany , darkness , deserts and xeric shrublands , elongation , mediterranean climate , horticulture , agronomy , ecology , habitat , materials science , ultimate tensile strength , metallurgy

The small leafy succulent shrub Halocnemum strobilaceum occurs in saline habitats from northern Africa and Mediterranean Europe to western Asia, and it is a dominant species in salt deserts such as those of north-west China. The effects of temperature, light/darkness and NaCl salinity were tested on seed germination, and the effects of salinity were tested on seed germination recovery, radicle growth and radicle elongation recovery, using seeds from north-west China; the results were compared with those previously reported on this species from 'salt steppes' in the Mediterranean region of Spain.

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