TY  - EJOU
AU  - GL, Bonvissuto  
AU  - Busso, CA  

TI  - Germination of grasses and shrubs under various water stress and temperature conditions
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2007
VL  - 76
IS  - all
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - The effects of various temperature combinations and water potentials were determined on the germination of <i>Atriplex lampa</i> Gill. ex Moquin, <i>Larrea divaricata</i> Cav., <i>Leymus erianthus</i> (Phil.) Dubcovsky, <i>Stipa neaei</i> Nees ex Steudel and <i>Poa ligularis</i> Nees ap. Steudel under controlled conditions. The tested hypothesis was that seed germination increases with increasing temperatures and water potentials in <i>A. lampa</i>, <i>L. divaricata, L. erianthus, S. neaei</i> and <i>P. ligularis</i>, and that time to reach 50% of total germination is greater at lower than higher water potentials. PEG 2000 was used to impose water stress conditions. In general, obtained results conducted to accept the posted hyphotesis.
KW  - Water stress
KW  -  Temperature
KW  -  Germination index
KW  -  Perennial grasses and shrubs
KW  -  Arid Argentina

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2007.76.119