Germination of Dimorphic Seeds of the Desert Annual Halophyte Suaeda aralocaspica (Chenopodiaceae), a C4 Plant without Kranz Anatomy | Zendy

Lei Wang | Zendy; Zhenying Huang | Zendy; Carol C. Baskin | Zendy; Jerry M. Baskin | Zendy; Ming Dong | Zendy

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Germination of Dimorphic Seeds of the Desert Annual Halophyte Suaeda aralocaspica (Chenopodiaceae), a C4 Plant without Kranz Anatomy

Author(s) -

Lei Wang,

Zhenying Huang,

Carol C. Baskin,

Jerry M. Baskin,

Ming Dong

Publication year - 2008

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/mcn158

Subject(s) - biology , halophyte , germination , chenopodiaceae , dormancy , botany , seed dormancy , sexual dimorphism , ecology , salinity , zoology

Suaeda aralocaspica is a C4 summer annual halophyte without Kranz anatomy that is restricted to the deserts of central Asia. It produces two distinct types of seeds that differ in colour, shape and size. The primary aims of the present study were to compare the dormancy and germination characteristics of dimorphic seeds of S. aralocaspica and to develop a conceptual model of their dynamics.

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