鸟类对山黄麻种子的传播及其生态作用

在云南西双版纳的勐宋和勐仑地区观察和研究了传统山黄麻种子的鸟类。在野外持网捕获摄食山黄麻果实的鸟类,称量后分别放在布袋内,让其自然排泄,然后标志释放,观察和网捕共记录到摄食山黄麻果实的鸟类36种,其中26种挂网捕获并从排泄物得到种子。用鸟类排泄物中的山黄麻种子、山黄麻树上采摘的成熟果实及人工分离山黄麻种子播种,进行萌发对比实验,实验结果表明,直接播种成熟果实,在阳光充足的空旷地、林冠下或用树叶覆盖遮光等条件下都未萌发,种子容易霉烂或被虫蚀;从山黄麻果肉中分离出来的种子具有萌发能力;而经鸟类摄食、消化后从果肉中分离的种子,具有较好的萌发活力。在不同条件下山黄麻种子萌发情况差异明显,林冠下条件对种子有抑制作用,阳光作用下种子显示出很好的萌发及成活率。鸟类排泄物种子放在林上或用树叶覆盖遮光,经过较长时间便可萌发,而人工分离种子不能萌发。鸟类摄食及消化过程对山黄麻种子的处理表现出很好的生态互惠关系,观察萌发后的山黄麻幼苗的生长情况还表明,幼苗生长也需要光照和较开阔的生境条件,鸟类取食山黄麻果实及其将种子远距离传播适宜生境,正好具有这样的生态作用。     

阿拉善荒漠特有植物沙冬青濒危原因的研究

本文通过对阿拉善荒漠特有的,并且是唯一的常绿阔叶灌木沙冬青的野外调查,并结合自然分布区的环境条件和种子发芽试验,探讨了造成沙冬青濒危的原因。研究表明,生态环境的恶化和落地种子不易获得适宜生长发育的条件是造成其衰落、稀有的重要原因;繁殖材料的缺乏是造成种群老化的原因之一,此外,还从地质历史变迁和人类活动的影响方面论证了沙冬青既是自然稀有种,又是人为稀有种,并由此提出了对其有效保护的一些措施。     

种皮和环境温度对橡胶树种子萌发的影响

在人工气候箱控制的条件下,研究了种皮和环境温度对橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)种子萌发的影响.结果表明,种皮对橡胶树种子的吸水和萌发具有明显的机械限制作用;去除种皮后种子萌发速率加快,萌发指数增大,但萌发率从83.8%下降到47.8%,幼苗活力指数从332.3下降到187.9.15℃以下的温度明显推迟种子萌发,且萌发率下降.去除种皮后的种仁萌发率、萌发指数和幼苗活力指数均随着温度的升高而增大;有种皮种子的萌发率、萌发指数和幼苗活力指数分别在20℃(94.7%)、30℃(1.86)和25℃(374.4)时最大,而萌发速率系数随着温度的升高先增大后减小.在橡胶树栽培和胶园建设中,可利用种皮对种仁水分散失的限制作用以及对低温的不敏感性,有效延长橡胶树种子的贮藏时间,提高萌发率和籽苗质量.     

5种野生无髯鸢尾种子休眠与萌发特性研究

以5种野生无髯鸢尾种子为材料,从种子的吸水率和发芽率两个方面分析休眠原因与打破休眠促进萌发的方法,为中国鸢尾属植物的种质资源保护与应用提供技术支持。结果表明:(1)5种野生无髯鸢尾种子的吸水率比较显示,玉蝉花和山鸢尾的种皮透水性最好,其次是燕子花的种皮透水性,溪荪的种皮透水性最差;种皮的透水、透气性差及致密的胚乳是抑制马蔺种子萌发的主要原因;另外,变温可增加野生无髯鸢尾种子种皮和胚乳的透水性。(2)马蔺和溪荪种子的种皮对萌发存在强烈的抑制作用,而燕子花、山鸢尾和玉蝉花种子的种皮抑制作用不显著;珠孔端胚乳是5种野生鸢尾种子休眠的主要因素。(3)温度对5种野生无髯鸢尾种子萌发影响很大,变温处理显著提高了马蔺、溪荪、玉蝉花种子的萌发率,且最适条件为:变温30℃/20℃、8h光照/16h黑暗,但该条件对山鸢尾和燕子花种子萌发的影响不显著,即单一因子不能打破燕子花和山鸢尾种子的休眠。研究发现,5种野生无髯鸢尾种子休眠和萌发特征各异,主要影响因素也不尽相同,但珠孔端胚乳是5种野生无髯鸢尾种子休眠的主要因素;低温层积处理与变温30℃/20℃相结合能明显提高野生无髯鸢尾属种子的发芽率,是其种子打破休眠的有效措施。     

入侵植物牛膝菊种子萌发对PEG模拟干旱胁迫的响应

采用浓度分别为5%、10%、15%、20%和25%的PEG-6000溶液模拟干旱条件,测定不同干旱胁迫条件下牛膝菊的种子萌发时间、萌发率、日相对萌发率、发芽势、发芽指数、活力指数及幼苗的初生根与胚芽的长度等指标,研究了干旱胁迫对牛膝菊种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响,探讨了经PEG浸种预处理后种子的萌发恢复能力。结果表明:随着水分胁迫的加重,牛膝菊种子萌发和幼苗生长受到抑制程度增加,牛膝菊种子的日相对萌发率、发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数、活力指数及幼苗的初生根长和胚芽长均呈下降趋势;与对照组相比,牛膝菊种子首次萌发时间延迟越长,当PEG浓度为20%、25%时牛膝菊种子未见萌发;本研究建立了水分胁迫PEG浓度与种子萌发率的线性回归方程,得出牛膝菊种子萌发的PEG浓度临界值为12.9%;经PEG浓度为20%、25%处理的种子在适宜条件下可以恢复萌发,浸种时间相同条件下,20%PEG浓度对牛膝菊种子伤害较小,其恢复性较强,25%PEG浓度对牛膝菊种子伤害较大,其恢复性较弱。     

荒漠木本植物种子萌发研究进展

总结了荒漠木本植物种子萌发研究方法、影响种子萌发的自身因素和外部生态因子.荒漠木本植物种子萌发研究方法大多局限于室内培养箱和气候室模拟发芽法.种子休眠是影响种子萌发的重要生理因素;荒漠木本植物种子大小、质量和色泽与种子成熟度及活力密切相关;种皮通透性差是种子萌发的重要障碍,一般通过磨砺、削切、预冷、化学试剂处理等降低或消除其影响;种子含水量与贮藏寿命和吸胀力密切相关.适宜温度是荒漠木本植物种子萌发的先决条件,变温促进萌发;水分是种子萌发的制约条件;光照并非是大多数荒漠木本植物种子萌发的必要条件;沙埋通过综合调控光、温和水而影响种子萌发;盐分胁迫显著抑制种子萌发.随着研究不断深入,应加强多因素影响及机理方面的研究.     

光照和温度对大百合种子萌发的影响

研究了不同光照和温度条件对大百合种子萌发的影响。结果表明:光照对大百合种子的萌发有明显促进作用,可提高种子萌发率。种子萌发率以24 h光照20℃恒温最佳。避光条件下温度对大百合种子萌发有影响,其种子萌发最适温度为20℃,11 d开始萌动,3周左右萌发完全,随着温度的升高或降低其种子萌发率下降。萌发前经不同预处理的大百合种子的萌发率不同。同一果实内中部种子萌发最好,上部种子次之,下部种子最差,上、中、下三部分种子萌发率与其千粒重呈正相关。     

光质及种子大小对普洱地区14种植物种子萌发的影响

以普洱地区14种常见植物种子为材料,在实验室条件下研究了其在白光、黑暗、红光和蓝光条件下的萌发特性,并分析了种子大小与萌发率、萌发速率、萌发开始时间的关系。结果表明:光质对四方蒿、沙针、尖子木、藿香蓟种子萌发率和萌发速率均有显著影响(P0.05)。光质对大叶斑鸠菊、云南山枇花、臭灵丹、车桑子、光萼猪屎豆、葫芦茶、云南地桃花、西南宿苞豆、岗柃、中国宿苞豆10个物种的种子萌发率和萌发速率均没有显著影响(P0.05),以上物种中除中国宿苞豆外,其他物种种子萌发率均在20%以下,处于休眠状态。四方蒿种子在白光(89.9%)和红光(84.7%)下萌发率最高,红光下种子萌发最快(4.93),蓝光下种子萌发开始时间最晚(11.3 d);沙针种子在白光下萌发率最高(80.4%)、萌发速率最快(2.71),在黑暗和蓝光下萌发率较低(43.9%和38%)、萌发速率最慢(0.73和0.85),白光、红光下萌发开始最早(11 d),黑暗条件下萌发开始最晚(21.7 d);尖子木种子萌发率在白光、黑暗、蓝光下均在86%以上,而红光下仅32%且萌发速率最慢(1.29),在蓝光下萌发开始时间最晚(13 d);藿香蓟种子萌发率和萌发速率在红光下最高(分别为71.3%和6.46),黑暗条件下最低(分别为42.5%和2.62);大叶斑鸠菊萌发开始时间在黑暗条件下最早(6 d),其次是白光下(7 d),蓝光和红光下较晚,分别为8 d和7.7 d。14个物种种子的萌发率与种子大小间均有显著负相关关系;种子萌发速率、萌发开始时间与种子大小间也有负相关关系,但不显著;种子大小与萌发率、萌发速率和萌发开始时间的关系不会随着光质的变化而发生变化。     

不同环境因子及破壳处理对锥栗种子萌发特性的影响

锥栗(Castanea henryi)是我国南方重要的木本粮食树种和特色果树资源,具有很高的食用及药用价值。为探明最适宜锥栗种子萌发的条件,该研究以当年采收的锥栗种子为材料,探讨了温度、光照、基质、基质含水量以及破壳处理等对锥栗种子萌发的影响,为锥栗种苗繁育提供理论基础。结果表明:(1)锥栗种子萌发的最适温度是25℃,其最终萌发率为92.67%,在其他温度条件下,锥栗种子的萌发率有所下降,但与25℃条件下的萌发率无显著差异。(2)黑暗条件可缩短锥栗种子发芽时间,明显提高种子的萌发率和发芽势,但黑暗条件下的种子胚根长度显著小于周期性光照条件下的胚根长度。(3)锥栗种子在泥炭土中的萌发率和发芽势均高于在河沙中的萌发率和发芽势,且泥炭土中种子胚根长度显著长于河沙中的种子胚根长度。(4)基质含水量对锥栗种子萌发率和发芽势无显著性影响。(5)种皮的机械阻碍是限制锥栗种子萌发的因素之一,破壳处理后,锥栗种子的发芽势和胚根长度与未破壳相比差异显著,实际生产中剪破种壳能加快种子的萌发进程。     

光照对不同海拔的南川绣线菊和锥花小檗种子萌发的影响

对青藏高原东缘不同海拔的南川绣线菊(海拔2500、2700、3020和3300 m)和锥花小檗种子(海拔2160、2760、3000和3250 m)在12 h光周期和24 h全黑暗条件下的萌发进行了研究。结果表明:(1)南川绣线菊的种子大小与海拔之间呈显著负相关,锥花小檗的种子大小与海拔无显著相关性。(2)南川绣线菊种子,除有光条件下种子的萌发率与海拔有较弱正相关外,光下萌发速率、暗处萌发速率、暗处萌发率均与海拔有显著的正相关;锥花小檗种子在光、暗培养条件下的萌发率、萌发速率与海拔之间均没有相关性,但不同海拔种子的萌发率、萌发速率有显著差异,2760 m采集的种子萌发能力最高,随海拔降低或升高,萌发能力降低。(3)不同海拔采集的南川绣线菊种子在有光条件下的萌发率、萌发速率均显著高于黑暗条件,这种差异随着海拔升高到3250 m,变得不明显。光、暗培养条件对不同海拔锥花小檗种子的萌发率和萌发速率均没有影响。说明海拔和光照条件是造成南川绣线菊种子萌发能力差异的主要原因,而海拔能造成锥花小檗种子萌发能力差异,但光照对其萌发能力没有影响。     

原始老龄林内兴安落叶松种子命运的试验研究

兴安落叶松土壤种子库的支出主要有３个方面：种子萌发、动物取食和生活力丧失。兴安落叶松种子在６月份迅速萌发,占全年总萌发量的９０％。７月中下旬,土壤已经不存在有生活力的种子。在生长季初期,鼠类对种子取食率仅１％,到生长季中后期接近２０％。然而,此时幼苗发生基本结束,被食种子大部分为生活力很弱或丧失生活力者。红背Ｐｉｎｇ是主要的食种子者。落叶松在时间上逃避了鼠类取食种子。一般,鼠类仅就地取食１０％的落     

Seed germination traits of desert perennials

While understanding that seed germination is crucial for ecological restoration activities, the seed traits of desert perennials are understudied. We experimentally determined germination traits of 43 species from 14 families from Hummock grasslands in the Great Sandy Desert, Australia. We defined morphological and physiological seed traits of framework species required for restoration and investigated the effects of fire and temperature on seed germination. We classified dormancy and explored the effect of Karrikinolide, a fire cue derived from smoke, on germination. Seeds of 38 (88%) out of 43 species were dormant: 13 (30%) with physical and 25 (58%) with physiological dormancy. Karrikinolide promoted seed germination of 9 (21%) species across all life-forms except trees, and widened the range of germination temperatures and increased germination rate of one species. Although high germination percentages were obtained over a wide temperature range, germination rate was affected by temperature. Non-dormant seeds and seeds pre-treated to overcome physical dormancy germinated quickly, with times to 50% germination of 1–5 days. Dormancy class differed between life-forms and families. Fast germination of non-dormant seeds is a trait that allows seeds to germinate during short periods of moisture availability. An absence of under-developed embryos is consistent with the global trends for hot deserts. A response to Karrikinolide shows that seed germination is related to a fire cue. These results will inform land managers of effective seed pre-treatments prior to seed broadcasting for restoration, and information on seed germination temperatures and rates will improve the understanding of when and where seeds could germinate in restored sites.     

Sensitivity cycling in physically dormant seeds of the Neotropical tree Senna multijuga (Fabaceae)

• Cycling of sensitivity to physical dormancy (PY) break has been documented in herbaceous species. However, it has not been reported in tree seeds, nor has the effect of seed size on sensitivity to PY‐breaking been evaluated in any species. Thus, the aims of this study were to investigate how PY is broken in seeds of the tropical legume tree Senna multijuga, if seeds exhibit sensitivity cycling and if seed size affects induction into sensitivity.
• Dormancy and germination were evaluated in intact and scarified seeds from two collections of S. multijuga. The effects of temperature, moisture and seed size on induction of sensitivity to dormancy‐breaking were assessed, and seasonal changes in germination and persistence of buried seeds were determined. Reversal of sensitivity was also investigated.
• Fresh seeds were insensitive to dormancy break at wet–high temperatures, and an increase in sensitivity occurred in buried seeds after they experienced low temperatures during winter (dry season). Temperatures ≤20 °C increased sensitivity, whereas temperatures ≥30 °C decreased it regardless of moisture conditions. Dormancy was broken in sensitive seeds by incubating them at 35 °C. Sensitivity could be reversed, and large seeds were more sensitive than small seeds to sensitivity induction.
• Seeds of S. multijuga exhibit sensitivity cycling to PY‐breaking. Seeds become sensitive during winter and can germinate with the onset of the spring–summer rainy season in Brazil. Small seeds are slower to become sensitive than large ones, and this may be a mechanism by which germination is spread over time. Sensitive seeds that fail to germinate become insensitive during exposure to drought during summer. This is the first report of sensitivity cycling in a tree species.

     

THE NINETY-YEAR PERIOD FOR DR. BEAL'S SEED VIABILITY EXPERIMENT

In 1879 Dr. W. J. Beal selected seeds of 23 different species of locally common plants, mixed 50 seeds of each species with moist sand in unstoppered one-pint bottles, and buried the bottles in a sandy knoll to be unearthed and the viability of the seeds tested periodically. The year 1970 marked the ninetieth year the seed had been buried, and the thirteenth bottle was recovered to test for seed viability. Of the three species which had germinated in the 1960 test (curly dock, Rumex crispus; evening primrose, Oenothera biennis; and moth mullein, Verbascum blattaria), only V. blattaria had viable seed with 20% germination. No other species germinated. All ten seedlings of V. blattaria were grown to maturity, and seeds were then harvested to study the possible deviations from normality and the requirements for seed germination. All seedlings emerging from the first progeny seed appeared normal. The most prominent requirement for germination was light, and this is a possible explanation of why the seeds had remained viable but dormant for so long a period. One-third of the freshly harvested seed germinated in darkness and, furthermore, redrying of dark-moistened seed in the absence of light induced additional germination. Germination of dark-moistened seed was not completely restored when the still moist seeds were subsequently exposed to light. However, when dark-moistened seeds were dried and then remoistened in the light, germination was about 95 %. About 5 % of the seed did not germinate under the conditions used. We find that 5 % of the population of V. blattaria seeds are dormant for unknown reasons, that 30 % will germinate if supplied only with moisture, and that 65 % are inhibited and require light and moisture simultaneously for germination. Supplying this 65 % of the population with moisture in darkness results in the development of a second type of inhibition which is no longer light reversible. It appears that the simultaneous requirement for light and moisture is an important factor in permitting V. blattaria seeds to remain dormant during prolonged burial.     

沙丘区植物植冠储藏种子的活力和萌发特征

研究了科尔沁沙地10种植物的植冠储藏(成熟后在植冠中保留至翌年5月)种子的活力及萌发特性.结果表明：典型沙生植物(流动沙丘及半固定沙丘植物)沙蓬、乌丹蒿和差巴嘎蒿的植冠储藏种子80%以上具有活力,而非典型沙生植物的植冠储藏种子有活力的不足80%,甚至在30%以下;典型沙生植物的植冠储藏种子表现出“速萌型”的萌发特征.植冠种子库使典型沙生植物种子的脱落延迟到风季结束、雨季来临的时候,而且此时的种子活力较高、萌发迅速.植冠种子库是典型沙生植物适应流沙和季节性干旱的主要方式之一.     

Patterns of Seed Size,Germination and Seed Viability of Tropical Tree Species in Southern India1

Seed weight, days to germination and seed viability were observed for 99 species growing in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Seed size was strongly correlated with days to germination; smaller seeds germinated faster than larger seeds. Species which flowered during the rainy season had lighter seeds than species which flowered during the dry season. It was also found that seed size and viability of seeds were related to the season of fruiting. Species which fruit during the rainy season had heavier seeds and shorter viability than species which fruit during the dry season. These flowering and fruiting patterns and varying seed sizes are argued to be adaptations to the time of dispersal, time of moisture availability in the habitat and seedling survival.     

一种刺激肉苁蓉种子萌发和吸器发育的方法

以3种肉苁蓉属（Cistanche）植物种子为材料,研究了氟啶酮对肉苁蓉种子萌发和吸器发育的影响。结果表明：氟啶酮处理10天后种子开始萌发,然后,胚根顶端膨大,发育出吸器。管花肉苁蓉种子萌发率最高,达到82％;盐生肉苁蓉吸器诱导率最高,达到52％;对照处理的种子不萌发。这说明氟啶酮是有效刺激肉苁蓉种子萌发和吸器发育的信号物质。     

Germination of Geonoma brevispatha (Arecaceae) in laboratory and its relation to the palm spatial distribution in a swamp forest

Geonoma brevispatha is a clonal palm species commonly found as tussocks in swamp and riparian forests in SE Brazil, occurring in the very transition between flooded pits/channels and dry mounds. Aiming to verify whether the germination responses could explain the spatial pattern of the palm tussocks in swamp forests, we investigated the germination in relation to the main environmental factors to which the seeds are subjected in their natural habitat. The seeds are recalcitrant since germination percentage is reduced with loss of moisture content. Germination did not differ on moist filter paper, semi-immersion (water up to half of the seed diameter) or complete immersion (water up to double of the seed diameter). Seeds did not germinate when stored in a closed bottle with water (that is, under low oxygen concentration), but remained viable for up to 8 weeks under this condition. The capacity to germinate in water with minimum oxygen availability may be considered ecologically advantageous in a swamp habitat. On the other hand, the capacity to germinate in moist filter paper indicates that, in natural conditions, the seed can germinate, provided there is a critical minimum of water availability. We concluded that the germination responses per se are not enough to explain the palm tussocks spatial pattern, but they are very well tuned with the conditions of the transitional zone between channels/pits (ever flooded micro-sites) and mounds (well-drained micro-sites), in which the species occurs in the swamp forest.     

Ecophysiology of fire-stimulated seed germination in Cistus incanus ssp. creticus (L.) Hey wood and C. salvifolius L.

Abstract. Seed germination characteristics were investigated in the most common Cistus species in Greece, namely C. incanus ssp. creticus and C. salvifolius. In addition to the soft seed subpopulation, both species produce a large fraction of hardcoated, water-impermeable seeds which can be softened and, thus, promoted to germinate by mechanical scarification and thermal pretreatment. Temperature and light control of seed germination are unimportant. In the ecological context of the Mediterranean ecosystems, the eventually advantageous, opportunistic strategy of germination is based on: (a) seed heterospermy (which allows the smaller, softcoated fraction to germinate promptly each year while the majority of the seeds, the hard ones, accumulate in the soil); (b) the seed population heterogeneity in relation to coat hardness (so that any heat conditions produced by fire induce the softening and germination of a certain seed fraction); (c) the notably low germination rate (which suppresses premature germination); (d) the wide, Mediterranean-type (relatively cool), temperature range of germination (while higher temperatures simply inhibit but do not induce any dormancy); and (c) the apparent lack of photo-sensitivity (enabling germination under every light regime). In non-fire years, the temporal distribution of field germination and seedling appearance might be partly determined by the seed dispersal strategy of the individual Cistus species. Nevertheless, the post-fire regeneration response is manifested in the form of a huge wave of germination (of practically all seeds softened by the fire heat), shortly after the onset of the rainy season.     

一种刺激肉苁蓉种子萌发和吸器发育的方法

以3种肉苁蓉属(Cistanche)植物种子为材料, 研究了氟啶酮对肉苁蓉种子萌发和吸器发育的影响。结果表明: 氟啶酮处理10天后种子开始萌发, 然后, 胚根顶端膨大, 发育出吸器。管花肉苁蓉种子萌发率最高, 达到82%; 盐生肉苁蓉吸器诱导率最高, 达到52%; 对照处理的种子不萌发。这说明氟啶酮是有效刺激肉苁蓉种子萌发和吸器发育的信号物质。