{"id":4257,"date":"2015-10-13T09:58:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T07:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/botanico.uclm.es\/project\/annual-dormancy-cycles-in-buried-seeds-of-shrub-species-germination-ecology-of-sideritis-serrata-labiatae-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T18:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:25:02","slug":"annual-dormancy-cycles-in-buried-seeds-of-shrub-species-germination-ecology-of-sideritis-serrata-labiatae","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/botanico.uclm.es\/en\/project\/annual-dormancy-cycles-in-buried-seeds-of-shrub-species-germination-ecology-of-sideritis-serrata-labiatae\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual dormancy cycles in buried seeds of shrub species: germination ecology of Sideritis serrata (Labiatae)."},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsms_row_69f2221d11690 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsms_row_69f2221d11690 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n\n#cmsms_button_69f2221d11847 { \n\ttext-align:center; \n} \n\n#cmsms_button_69f2221d11847 .cmsms_button:before { \n\tmargin-right:.5em; \n\tmargin-left:0; \n\tvertical-align:baseline; \n} \n\n#cmsms_button_69f2221d11847 .cmsms_button { \n\tfont-weight:100; \n\tfont-style:normal; \n\tpadding-right:20px; \n\tpadding-left:20px; \n} \n#cmsms_button_69f2221d11847 .cmsms_button:hover { \n} \n<\/style><div id=\"cmsms_row_69f2221d11690\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>The germination ecology of Sideritis serrata was investigated in order to improve ex-situ propagation techniques and management of their habitat. Specifically, we analysed: (i) influence of temperature, light conditions and seed age on germination patterns; (ii) phenology of germination; (iii) germinative response of buried seeds to seasonal temperature changes; (iv) temperature requirements for induction and breaking of secondary dormancy; (v) ability to form persistent soil seed banks; and (vi) seed bank dynamics. Freshly matured seeds showed conditional physiological dormancy, germinating at low and cool temperatures but not at high ones (28\/14 and 32\/18 \u00b0C). Germination ability increased with time of dry storage, suggesting the existence of non-deep physiological dormancy. Under unheated shade-house conditions, germination was concentrated in the first autumn. S. serrata seeds buried and exposed to natural seasonal temperature variations in the shade-house, exhibited an annual conditional dormancy\/non-dormancy cycle, coming out of conditional dormancy in summer and re-entering it in winter. Non-dormant seeds were clearly induced into dormancy when stratified at 5 or 15\/4 \u00b0C for 8 weeks. Dormant seeds, stratified at 28\/14 or 32\/18 \u00b0C for 16 weeks, became non-dormant if they were subsequently incubated over a temperature range from 15\/4 to 32\/18 \u00b0C. S. serrata is able to form small persistent soil seed banks. The maximum seed life span in the soil was 4 years, decreasing with burial depth. This is the second report of an annual conditional dormancy\/non-dormancy cycle in seeds of shrub species.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2015 German Botanical Society and The Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEYWORDS:\u00a0<\/strong>Dormancy break; dormancy induction; ex-situ propagation; physiological dormancy; plant population and community dynamics; seed longevity; soil seed bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_button_69f2221d11847\" class=\"button_wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25598169\" class=\"cmsms_button\" target=\"_blank\">Link to the article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4255,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"pj-categs":[81],"pj-tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Annual dormancy cycles in buried seeds of shrub species: germination ecology of Sideritis serrata (Labiatae). - 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