Influence of acorn size and storage duration on moisture content, germination and survival of Quercus petraea (Mattuschka)
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2010
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Triveni Enterprises
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
This study was conducted to evaluate how acorn size (small, medium and large) and acorn storage duration (0, 5 and 17 months) influenced Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) moisture content and germination. Acorn size and storage duration did not significantly affect acorn moisture content, but they significantly affected acorn germination performance. When averaged for three acorn sizes, loss of germination performance occurred after 17 months of storage even when the moisture content did not reduce significantly and remain at the initial level (32.6%). Maximum germination percentage was observed in large and medium size classes before storage (93 and 95%, respectively) and after 5-month storage (94 and 93%, respectively), but after 17-month storage medium acorn size class exhibited the highest germination (68%). Small seed size class exhibited the lowest germination percentage and rate in each acorn storage duration. Acorn size also significantly affected seedling emergence and survival in the nursery and seedling emergence and survival was the lowest in small seed size class (85 and 80%, respectively). Although seedling survival of one-year seedlings in the nursery increased up to large seed size class, maximum survival in nursery conditions was observed in large and medium size classes (89 and 91%, respectively). Thus, acorn size grading in Q. petraea may result in higher germination performance within in a seedbed,
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Acorn Weight, Germination Performance, Seedling Emergence, Seedling Survival
Kaynak
Journal of Environmental Biology
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Q3
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31
Sayı
3
Künye
Tilki, F. (2010). Influence of acorn size and storage duration on moisture content, germination and survival of Quercus petraea (Mattuschka). Journal of environmental biology, 31(3), 325.
