BACKGROUND AND AIMS The duration of the plant life cycle is an important attribute that determines fitness and coexistence of weeds in arable fields. It depends on the timing of two key life-history traits: time from seed dispersal to germination and time from germination to flowering. These traits are components of the time to reproduction. Dormancy results in reduced and delayed germination, ...

Seed germination strongly affects plant population growth and persistence, and it can be dramatically influenced by phylogeny, seed traits, and ecological factors. In this study, we examined the relationships among seed mass, seed shape, and germination percentage (GP), and assessed the extent to which phylogeny, seed traits (seed mass, shape, and color) and ecological factors (ecotype, life fo...

Andrographis paniculata Nees is traditionally known as Kalmegh, Allelopathic effect of Kalmegh was examined on seed germination and seedling growth of four (Sonalika, VL-914, Euguanda-6 and Mond’s Aids) wheat genotype, the aqueous leaf extracts reduced seed germination and seedling growth of wheat. On the basis of value of per cent reduction in seed germination, germination relative index and v...

This study evaluated the contributions of Styrax camporum seed morphology (size of seeds, presence or absence of endocarp attached to the seed), different substrates (filter paper, vermiculite, sand and the soils of cerrado s. str., cerradão and a riparian forest), different water potentials (0, -0.1, -0.2, -0.3, -0.4 and -0.5 MPa), light and temperature to seed germination. Seed size did not a...

Laboratory studies were conducted to examine the effects of different concentrations of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum Koch.) shoot and seed extracts on germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and wild barley. In this study, all wild barley shoot extract concentrations (with exception of lowest concentration) significantly reduced wheat seed germination after 7 days. Sh...

The regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins, recently identified in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana; named as AtRGS1), has a predicted seven-transmembrane structure as well as an RGS box with GTPase-accelerating activity and thus desensitizes the G-protein-mediated signaling. The roles of AtRGS1 proteins in Arabidopsis seed germination and their possible interactions with sugars and a...

Timely harvest is critical to achieve maximum seed viability and vigour in agricultural production. However, little information exists concerning how to reap the best quality seeds of Leymus chinensis, which is the dominant and most promising grass species in the Songnen Grassland of Northern China. The objective of this study was to investigate and evaluate possible quality indices of the seed...

The effect of light and temperature on Tibouchina mutabilis seed germination was analyzed by isothermic incubations in the range of 10 to 40 °C, with 5 °C intervals under both continuous white light (32.85 molms) and darkness and alternating temperatures (15-20; 15-25; 15-30; 15-35; 20-25; 20-30; 20-35; 25-30; 25-35 and 30-35 °C) under both photoperiod of 12 hours and continuous darkness. The s...

This investigation was carried out to improve the germination percentage and alkaloid 1 production in M seeds (irradiated seeds with 50, 80, 110 and 150 Gy) of Atropa belladonna L. by using and different concentrations of gibberellic acid (20,40,60,80,100 and 120 ppm). There was an increase in seed germination percentage by increasing gamma-ray doses until 150 Gy which gave 3 decrease in seed g...

The present investigation was carried out to study the induced mutagenesis of EMS (Ethyl methane sulphonate) on the seed germination, seedling survival and LD50 value of Catharanthus roseus. The seeds of Vinca rosea were treated with different concentration of EMS viz., 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 mM. The untreated seeds were taken as control. The EMS treated and control seeds were...