2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.10.007
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Effects of salinity, temperature and light on germination of invasive Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) D.C.

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“…In other words, the interaction between temperature and salinity suggests a lowering of optimum germination temperature with increasing salinity. Similar results were reported for Atriplex semibaccata, Dimorphotheca sinuata, Senecio elegans (De Villiers et al, 1994), Prosopis species (Villagra, 1997;El-Keblawy and Al-Rawai, 2005) and Panicum turgidum (Al-Khateeb, 2006). The inhibitory effect of salinity at high temperatures has ecological significance because it prevents seeds from germinating in salt-affected habitats and consequently avoids seedling mortality during periods when surface soil salinities are extremely high (Khan and Ungar, 1998).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…In other words, the interaction between temperature and salinity suggests a lowering of optimum germination temperature with increasing salinity. Similar results were reported for Atriplex semibaccata, Dimorphotheca sinuata, Senecio elegans (De Villiers et al, 1994), Prosopis species (Villagra, 1997;El-Keblawy and Al-Rawai, 2005) and Panicum turgidum (Al-Khateeb, 2006). The inhibitory effect of salinity at high temperatures has ecological significance because it prevents seeds from germinating in salt-affected habitats and consequently avoids seedling mortality during periods when surface soil salinities are extremely high (Khan and Ungar, 1998).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Germination is most likely to occur at a time when seedlings can survive (Grappin et al 2000). Seeds of many shrubs germinate equally well in light and darkness, and those of some species germinate to higher percentages in darkness than in light (El-keblawy and Al-Rawai 2005). This suggests that C. schoenanthus has no physiological requirement of light to germinate.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Germinated seeds were counted and removed every second day over a period of 20 days Khan and Gulzar 2003;El-Keblawy and Al-Rawai 2005). Seeds were considered germinated when radical appeared (Redondo-Gomez et al 2007).…”
Section: Effect Of Salinity On Germinationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The success of exotic plants in invading some communities has been attributed to superiority of the exotic over the native species in some measurable traits, such as reproductive and dispersal capabilities, seedling establishment and survivorship, genome size, phenotypic plasticity, growth related characteristics, plant height, susceptibility to herbivory and pathogens, phenology, mutualistic interactions, allelopathy and plant-soil relationships (Pattison et al 1998;Smith and Knapp 2001;Ridenour and Callaway 2001;Cadotte et al 2005, Barrat-Segretain 2005, Orr 2005). Shiferaw et al (2004) reported that P. juliflora is equipped with a number of biological characteristics related to seed dormancy, germination and dispersal that can facilitate its rapid invasion of new areas (see also El-Keblawy and Al-Rawai 2005). In addition, P. juliflora has great ability to resprout with quick coppice growth from stumped/damaged trees, making it a very strong competitive invader (Shiferaw et al 2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%