Comparison of germination characteristics in different populations of Achillea wilhelmsii C.Koch seeds on control and pre-chilling conditions

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Agricultural Research and Education Organization

2 Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands

Abstract

Achillea wilhelmsii is one of the forage and medicinal plant in Iran. This plant is in danger, because of illegal collecting from wild resources for medicinal and hygienic uses. The objective of this study was to establish the effects of pre-chilling on germination treats in 23 populations of Achillea wilhelmsii. The seeds were collected from different provinces. This study was conducted by factorial based on completely randomized design. The results of analysis of variance showed that the effect of population×treatment on A. wilhelmsii seeds germination treats were highly significant different (p<0.01). Comparison of mean of germination treats on control and pre-chilling conditions  showed that the pre-chilling increase the mean of rate of germination, length of plumule and decrease length of radical and ratio of radical to plumule, but no effect on percent of germination, length of seedling and vigor index of seed. The most of value of rate of germination was found in populations, 9820 (Kordestan-Divandareh) and 9961(Kordestan-Sanandaj) on pre-chilling condition and the most of percent of germination was found in populations 9820 (Kordestan-Divandareh) and 19489 (Kordestan-Baneh) on pre-chilling and control condition respectively. The population 9961 (Kordestan-Sanandaj) had the most of value of length of radical, length of seedling, vigor index of seed on control and most of value of length of plumule on pre-chilling condition. So, pre-chilling increase rate of germination and no effect on germination percent of seeds, length of seedling and vigor index of seed of Achillea wilhelmsii

Keywords

References

Abdulbaki, A. A. and Anderson, J. D. 1973. Vigour determination in soybean seed by multiple criteria. Crop Science. 13: 630-633. (Journal)
Ahmadi, Yazdi-Samadi, B. and Zargar-Netaj, J. 2004. The effects of low temperature on seed germination and seedling physiological traits in three winter wheat cultivars. Agric.Sci.Nature.Resour. 11(2): 117-126. (In Persian) (Journal)
Akbari, G. H., Gasemi Pirbaluti, A. and Shahverdi, M. 2002. Study of different harvesting times on seeds qualitative traits in Soybean varieties. 7th Iranian Crop Production and Breeding Congress, Karaj, Pp.50. (In Persian)
Amjad, L., Majd, A., Fallahian, F. and Saadatmand, S. 2008. Comparative study of allergenicity of mature and immature pollen grains of Achillea wilhelmsii. Arak University of Medecine Science Journal. 11(2):1-9. (In Persian) (Journal)
Anonymous, A. 2004. Seed germination and dormancy. www.pssc.ttu.edu./plantprop/lecnotes/section2/ topic/. Htm.
Asgary, S., Naderi, G.H., Sarrafzadegan, N., Mohammadifard, N., Mostafavi, S. and Vakili, R. (2000). Antihypertensive and Antihyperlipidemic effect of Achillea Wihelmsii. Drugs under experimental and clinical research. 26: 89-93.(In Persian)(Journal)
Azadbakht, M. 2003. Systematic of Medicinal Plants. Timorzadeh publication. 270Pp.
Azadbakht, M., Semnani, K. and Khansari, N. 2003. The Essential Oils Composition of Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch Leaves and Flowers. Journal of Medicinal Plants. 2: 55-59.(In Persian)(Journal)
Bello, I. A., Hatterman-Valentini, H. and Owen, M. D. K. 1998. Effects of stratification, temperature, and oxygen on woolly cup grass (Eriochloa villosa) seed dormancy. Weed Science. 46: 526-529. (Journal)
Benvenuti, S., Andolfi, L. and Macchia, M. 2001. Light and temperature dependence for germination and emergence of white horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.) seeds. Seed Technology. 23(2):138-144. (Journal)
Carter, C. T., Brown, L. S. and Ungar, A. I. 2003 Effect of temperature regimes on germination of dimorphic seeds of atriplex prostrate. Biologia Plantarum. 47(2):269-272. (Journal)
Copeland, L. O. and McDonald, M. B. 1995. Principles seed science and technology, 3rd ed., Chapman and Hall, New York.
Dahlquist, G. 2004. Seed germination tests. Water Conservation Laboratory. USDA-ARS.
Eileen, F. W., Mullen, R. E. and Koehler, K. 2001. Flooding and temperature effects on soybean germination. Crop Science.41: 1857-1857. (Journal)
Gupta, S. M., Pandey, P., Grover, A. and Ahmed, Z. 2011. Show all 4hide Breaking seed dormancy in Hippophae salicifolia, a high value medicinal plant. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 17(4): 403- 406. (Journal)
Hartman, H. T and Kester, D. E. 1990. Plant propagation: principles and practices. 4th Ed. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Hassan, F. A. and Fetouh, M. I. 2014. Seed germination criteria and seedling characteristics of Magnolia grandiflora L. trees after cold stratification treatments. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 3(3): 235-241. (Journal)
Hilhorst, H. W. M and Karssen, C. M. (1992). Seed dormancy and germination: the role of Abscisic acid and Gibberellins and the importance of hormone mutants. Plant Growth Regulation.11: 225-238. (Journal)
Kucera, B., Alan Cohn, M. and Leubner-Metzger, G. 2005. Plant hormone interactions during seed dormancy release and germination. Seed Science Research. 15: 281–307. (Journal)
Kurt, o. 2010. Effects of chilling on germination in flax (l.usitatissimum L.). Turkish journal of field crops. 15(2):159-163. (Journal)
Lanucci, A., Fonzo, N. D. and Martiniello, P. 2000. Temperature requirements for seed germination in four annual clovers grown under two irrigation treatments. Seed Science and Technology. 28: 59-66.
Lekh, R. and Khairwal, I. S. 1993. Evaluation of pearl millet hybrids and their parents for germinability and field emergence. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 2: 125-127. (Journal)
Livington, N. J. and De Jong, E. 1990. Matric and osmotic potential effects on seedling emergence at different temperatures. Agronomy Journal. 82: 995-998. (Journal)
Magiatis, P., Skaltsounis, A. L., Chinou, I. and Haroutounian, S. A. 2002. Chemical composition and in-vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of three Greek Achillea species. Zeitschrift für Naturforschong. 57: 287-290. (Journal)
Maguire, J. D. 1962. Speed of germination: aid in selection and evaluation for seedling vigour. Crop Science. 2: 176-177. (Journal)
Mal, T. K. and Doust, J. L. 2005. Phenotypic plasticity in vegetative and reproductive traits in an invasive weed, Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae), in response to soil moisture. American Journal of Botany. 92(5): 819–825. (Journal)
Matilla, A. J and Matilla-Vazquez, M. A. 2008. Involvement of ethylene in seed physiology. Plant Science, Vol, 175, pp: 87-97. (Journal)
Milberg, P. and Andersson, L. 1998. Does cold stratification level out differences in seed germinability between populations. Plant Ecology. 134 (2): 225-234. (Journal)
Mozaffarian, V. 2006. A Dictionary of Iranian Plant Names. Farhang Moaser, Tehran. (In Persian)
Naderi Fasarani, A., Bassiri, M., Roshan nazar, B. and Tavili, A. (2009). Investigation on different treatments effects on seed germination of Limonium iranicum. Rangeland. 3(3): 456-464. (Journal)
Nasri, F., Ghaderi, N., Mohammadi, J., Mortazavi, S. N. and Koshesh Saba, M. 2013. The effect of Gibberellic acid and stratification on germination of alstroemeria (Alstroemeria ligtu hybrid) seed in vitro and in vivo conditions. Journal of Ornamental Plants. 3(4): 221-228. (Journal)
Nyachiro, J. M., Clarke, F. R., Knox, R. E. and Armstrong, K.C. 2002. Temperature effects on seed germination and expression on seed dormancy in wheat. Euphytica. 126(1): 123-127. (Journal)
Parvin, P., Khezri, M., Tavasolian, I. and Hosseini, H. 2015. The Effect of Gibberellic Acid and Chilling Stratification on Seed Germination of Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.).  Journal of Nuts. 6(1):67-76.(In Persian)(Journal)
Pourshadlo, R., Angaji, S. J., Delkhosh, B. and Gasem Kaneh-Ghajar, F. 2012. The effects of temperature and light on seed germination of Chenopodium album. The 2th conference of the effects of biodiversity on agriculture and environment.
Powell, L. 1987. The hormonal control of bud and seed dormancy in woody plants. In: Davies, P.J. (Ed.), Plant Hormones and Their Role in Plant Growth and Development. Martinus Nijhof Publishers, Dordrecht. 539- 552. (Journal)
Rechinger, K.H. 1963. Flora Iranica. No. 158 AkademischeDruke-U, Verlagsanstaltwien Austria, 234P.
Tahmaseb, A. and Shariati, M. 2000. Study of different traits on breeking dormancy in Achillea millefolium, for high germination and vigor of seed. Final report of Master Sience, Esfahan University, No.858746. (Thesis)
To, J. P. C., Reiter, W. D and Gibson, S. I. 2002. Mobilization of seed storage lipid by Arabidopsis seedlings is retarded in the presence of exogenous sugars. BMC Plant Biology. 2: 4-10. (Journal)
Tonguc, M., Elkoyunu, R., Erbas, S. and Karakurt, Y. 2012. Changes in seed reserve composition during germination and initial seedling development of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Turkish Journal of Biology. 36:107-112. (Journal)
 
Wuebker, E. F., Mullen, R., and Koehler, K. 2001. Flooding and temperature effects on soybean germination. Crop Science. 41(6):1857-1861. (Journal)
Zeinati, E., Soltani, A., Galeshi, S. and Sadati, S. J. 2010. Cardinal temperatures, response to temperature and range of thermal tolerance for seed germination wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. EJCP. 3(3):23-42.(In Persian)(Journal)
 
Iranian Journal of Seed Sciences and Research
Volume 5, Issue 1
June 2018
Pages 27-39

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics