1992
DOI: 10.1139/b92-125
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Factors affecting red-osier dogwood seed germination

Abstract: Seeds from 55 populations of native Alberta red-osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera Michx.) were collected over 2 years (1984 and 1985) to determine the range of variability for seed germination and the effect of ecoregion and moisture conditions in the collection sites on this trait. Each year the unscarified seeds were stored at 3 °C for 30 days, stratified at 3 °C for an additional 30 days and then incubated on an 8 h light: 16 h dark cycle at a temperature of 25:10 °C (light:dark) for germination. A wide ran… Show more

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“…However, the electrical conductivity of the regolith at Vera was almost twice that of P-3 and P-4 (Tables 1 and 3), which may explain the scarce and scattered vegetation there. Although it is possible that plant populations from different badlands have developed differences in their germination patterns (Acharya et al 1989(Acharya et al , 1992Meyer & Monsen 1991), we do not think that these differences are so large and generalized as to invalidate the proposed explanations. For instance, a germination experiment with two levels of electrical conductivity (14.54 and 11.73 ms/cm) showed no differences on either germination rate or speed between seeds of H. stoechas from the Petrer and Monnegre populations (data not shown).…”
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confidence: 75%
“…However, the electrical conductivity of the regolith at Vera was almost twice that of P-3 and P-4 (Tables 1 and 3), which may explain the scarce and scattered vegetation there. Although it is possible that plant populations from different badlands have developed differences in their germination patterns (Acharya et al 1989(Acharya et al , 1992Meyer & Monsen 1991), we do not think that these differences are so large and generalized as to invalidate the proposed explanations. For instance, a germination experiment with two levels of electrical conductivity (14.54 and 11.73 ms/cm) showed no differences on either germination rate or speed between seeds of H. stoechas from the Petrer and Monnegre populations (data not shown).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 75%