Provenance Variation in Seed Morphometric Traits, Germination, and Seedling Growth of Cordia africana Lam

Loha, Abraham; Tigabu, Mulualem; Teketay, Demel; Lundkvist, Kenneth; Fries, Anders

doi:10.1007/s11056-005-3872-2

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“…and Cordia africana Lam. (Mkonda et al, 2003;Loha et al, 2006). These observations confirm that seeds size and germination response partly depend upon geographic provenance.…”

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confidence: 52%

Variation in seed morphometric traits, germination and early seedling growth performances of Tamarindus indica L.

Fandohan¹,

Assogbadjo²,

Kakaï³

et al. 2011

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

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The purpose of this work was to address provenance variation in Tamarindus indica seed's morphometric traits, germination and early seedling growth. Seed samples were sampled from three populations in Benin and examined for variations in seed morphometric traits, germination response to pretreatment, and seedling growth. Overall, seed traits significantly differed and showed positive correlation with humidity gradient. The effect of the interaction provenances*pre-treatments was significant on the mean germination time (p < 0.0001) but not on the final percentage of germination (p = 0.937). Both direct sowing and cow dung solution soaking ensured 90% of germination while boiled water soaking seemed to annihilate the capacity of seeds to germinate. Seeds from the Guineo-Congolian region took fewer days to geminate (13.4) than that from the Sudanian region (20.3). Growth speed also varied, with the Guineo-Congolian provenance reaching 46.1 cm (height) and 0.89 cm (collar diameter) and the Sudanian provenance, 40.4 cm and 0.57 cm respectively, after six month of growth. Results evidence that pre-treatment is not necessarily relevant to reach a high germination percentage for tamarind seeds but may speed germination. The Guineo-Congolian provenance may be preferably used as rootstock onto which further selected cultivars will be grafted and used to rejuvenate traditional agroforestry systems.

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“…and Cordia africana Lam. (Mkonda et al, 2003;Loha et al, 2006). These observations confirm that seeds size and germination response partly depend upon geographic provenance.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

Variation in seed morphometric traits, germination and early seedling growth performances of Tamarindus indica L.

Fandohan¹,

Assogbadjo²,

Kakaï³

et al. 2011

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

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“…They reported highest heritability for 1000 seed mass in P. wallichiana and highest genetic gain for cone weight. Similar genetic variation for fruit, seed and germination traits has been accounted such as Millettia ferruinea (Loha et al, 2008); Cordia africana (Loha et al, 2006;Loha et al, 2009). Thus, drupe mass is the best trait where selection can be made for further genetic improvement and better option for maintaining genetic diversity from selection.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Genetic variation among fruit, seed and germination traits has been documented for economically useful species such as Tectona grandis (Jayasankar et al, 1999;Sivakumar et al, 2002), Gmelina arborea (Lauridsen, 2004;Hodge and Dvorak, 2004), Cordia africana (Loha et al, 2006;Loha et al, 2009), Faidherbia albida (lbrahim et al, 1997, Khaya senegalensis (Ky-Dembele, 2014), Millettia ferruinea (Loha et al, 2008) etc. in the tropical environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sojan and Indira (2010) also analyzed variability of seed related characters in teak from western ghat region among 10 provenances and found that the mean value of drupe diameter length, drupe diameter width and 100 drupe weights were 12.3 mm, 13.6 mm and 53.01g, respectively. There are several other tropical tree species where such type seed related variation found to be useful for tree improvement such as Gmelina arborea (Lauridsen, 2004;Hodge and Dvorak, 2004); Faidherbia albida (lbrahim et al, 1997); Millettia ferruinea (Loha et al, 2008); Cordia africana (Loha et al, 2006;Loha et al, 2009); Khaya senegalensis (Ky-Dembele, 2014). Thus, this variation should be captured and used for tree improvement programme of teak in the Gujarat state.…”

Section: Phenotypic Variation For Drupe Seed and Germination Attribumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of Provenances for Drupe, Seed and Germination Traits in Teak (Tectona grandis L. F.)

Dhaka¹,

Jha²

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Some authors (Loha et al, 2006) showed a relatively low correlation between seed provenances and their germination parameters. In most plant species nevertheless, seeds vary in their degree of germinability between and within populations and between and within individuals (Bischoff et al, 2006;Kanmegne and Omokolo, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Germination of <i>Cola anomala</i> (K. Shum.) Shott and Endl seeds: effects of provenance, substrate and dehydration

Kanmegne¹,

Anouma²,

Fotso³

et al. 2015

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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As a step in the process of Cola anomala domestication, investigations were undertaken on germination requirements and desiccation tolerance of its seeds. Three seed provenances (Bamenda, Bayangam and Dschang), three substrates (forest top soil, river sand and a mixture of forest top soil and river sand) and two photoperiods (12 hours/day and, continuous darkness) were investigated for their effects on seed germination. To evaluate their desiccation tolerance, fresh seeds were dried at room temperature for 16 days during which seed moisture content, seed germination percentage and electrical conductivity of seed leachate were monitored at two-day intervals. Results showed that germination percentages were significantly (P < 0.05) higher both on forest top soil alone (86.04 ± 4.8%), and on a mixture of forest top soil and river sand (83.56 ± 4.5%), than on river sand alone (69.96 ± 4.7%). Seeds from Bamenda showed a higher germination percentage (91.4 ± 4.7%) than those from either Bayangam (77.36 ± 4.7%) or Dschang (70.8 ± 4.8%). The desiccation tolerance test revealed that as response to drying, the mean germination percentage was first slightly reduced as moisture was lost, then declined considerably at moisture content below 50.28%. Total germination failure was observed when seed moisture reached 32.24%. Electrical conductivity of seed leachate exhibited a strong correlation with loss of viability as well as with desiccation. It is concluded that there is a provenance-related variation in C. anomala seed germination. The best substrate for germination is forest top soil supplemented or not with river sand in a 1/1 (v/v) ratio. C. anomala seeds are desiccation-sensitive and their storage behaviour is recalcitrant.

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Provenance Variation in Seed Morphometric Traits, Germination, and Seedling Growth of Cordia africana Lam

Cited by 79 publications

References 14 publications

Variation in seed morphometric traits, germination and early seedling growth performances of Tamarindus indica L.

Variation in seed morphometric traits, germination and early seedling growth performances of Tamarindus indica L.

Evaluation of Provenances for Drupe, Seed and Germination Traits in Teak (Tectona grandis L. F.)

Germination of <i>Cola anomala</i> (K. Shum.) Shott and Endl seeds: effects of provenance, substrate and dehydration

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