TY  - EJOU
AU  - LW, Zhang 
AU  - Liu, HL 
AU  - Zhang, DY 
AU  - Bian, WG 

TI  - Seed dormancy release and germination characteristics of <i>Corispermum lehmannianum</i> Bunge, an endemic species in the Gurbantunggut desert of China
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2015
VL  - 84
IS  - 1
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - Seed dormancy release and germination of <i>Corispermum lehmannianum</i> Bunge were tested using various treatments: temperature, cold stratification, gibberelins (GA3), dry storage and sand burial. Results showed that temperature and light did not affect the germination of fresh seeds, cold stratification and GA3 could improve seed germination, whereas dry storage and sand burial did not. The germination percentage was highest at 35/20 °C after the cold stratification and GA3 treatments. <i>Corispermum lehmannianum</i> seeds were classified as non-deep, Type-2, physiological dormancy (PD), whose seed dormancy could be released by cold stratification and GA3.
KW  - Seed germination
KW  -  Seed dormancy
KW  -  Gurbantunggut desert

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2015.84.058