JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2015, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (01): 62-66.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.2015.01.012

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Interspecific variation in seed morphology and germination of ten plant species from Picea genus

LIN Ling1,DUAN Erlong1,LUO Jian2*   

  1. 1.Department of Resources and Environment, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Nyingchi 860000, China;
    2.Research Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Nyingchi 860000, China
  • Online:2015-01-31 Published:2015-01-31

Abstract: In the laboratory, we observed seed morphology and germination of ten species from Picea genus, and explored the relationships between these seed parameters and geo-climatic factors. Our results indicated that: ① seed length and width, and seed mass of 1 000 grains were very significantly differed among ten tree species in Picea genus; ② seed germination rate, germination start time and germination duration also had significant differences whereas germination peak had no differences among these ten tree species. In addition, the correlation analysis showed: ① seed length was significantly and positively correlated with seed width, and they all were also significantly and positively correlated with seed mass per 1 000, furthermore, the seed mass per 1 000 had significant positive relationships with germination rate, germination start time and duration; ② latitude exhibited significantly and positively relations to seed length and width, and seed mass per 1 000, whereas mean annual temperature showed significantly and negatively relationship with seed length and width, seed mass per 1 000 and seed duration. Therefore, latitude and temperature were primary factors affecting the variation in seed size among ten tree species in Picea genus.

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