Seed collection data encompassing half of the vascular flora of the Pannonian Ecoregion stored by the Pannon Seed Bank

Török, Katalin; Szilágyi, Katalin; Halász, Krisztián; Zsigmond, V.; Kósa, G.; Rédei, Tamás; Peti, E.; Schellenberger, Judit; Tóth, Zoltán; Szitár, Katalin

doi:10.1556/abot.58.2016.3-4.13

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“…the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) Kew's Millenium Seed Bank with 37,000 taxa (Chapman et al 2019). Ex situ storage of collected seeds of native plant species can provide a basis for conservation and habitat restoration (Merritt & Dixon 2011; Török et al 2016; Chapman et al 2019). Storage in restoration seed banks will have a major role to provide appropriate seed quantity for extending restoration (Merritt & Dixon 2011).…”

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“…The Pannon Seed Bank was established for the long‐term storage of seeds of native species in Hungary (Peti et al 2015; Török et al 2016; Peti et al 2017). Here, we studied the effect of short‐term storage of seeds on the in situ establishment of 10 species of sandy grasslands in the frame of the Pannon Seed Bank Life project (LIFE08 NAT/H/000288).…”

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Effect of seed storing duration and sowing year on the seedling establishment of grassland species in xeric environments

Kövendi-Jakó

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Restoration Ecology

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Theavailability of seeds of native species in many countries for grassland restoration is limited; therefore, ex situ seed banks can gain importance as a source of germplasm in the future. We tested the usability of seed accessions of the Pannon Seed Bank for reintroduction with the aim to restore sandy grassland in Hungary. Seeds of 10 native sandy grassland species were seeded in the year of collection and after one or two years of storage. The establishment was estimated by counting seedlings along seeded transects for two vegetation seasons. This study produced the first numerical estimate we know about of native sand grassland species emergence in the field. A low establishment of the tested species was found, ranging from 0.002 to 8%. Within this range, Dianthus serotinus had the highest establishment, while Festuca vaginata, which was sown as matrix species, performed only medium establishment. The short‐term storage (1 or 2 years) of seeds had no significant effect, except for F. vaginata, where seed storage had a positive effect on reintroduction success. The year of seeding had the highest influence on recruitment. Four species were found to emerge over two years instead of only the first year. Based on our results, the weak seed yield of certain years and the low supply of native seeds in the market can be mitigated by using stored seeds. It is recommended to use multi‐year, scheduled seeding to reduce the negative impacts of particularly dry years and to increase the restoration success.

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Effect of seed storing duration and sowing year on the seedling establishment of grassland species in xeric environments

Kövendi-Jakó

Szitár

Halassy

et al. 2020

Restoration Ecology

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Presentation of the Huseedwild – A Seed Weight and Germination Database of the Pannonian Flora – Through Analysing Life Forms and Social Behaviour Types

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2017

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Abstract. In this paper, we present the HUSEED wild , which is an online seed weight and germination database relying on our investigations concerning the regional seed collection (Pannon Seed Bank) of the Pannonian flora (available at: http://huseed.nodik.hu:8243/en/wild). Our data of 806 taxa (sensu species and subspecies) represent nearly 40% of the Pannonian flora. With our database, we contribute to former Hungarian databases with seed weight data of 50 taxa, and data of 20 taxa are first to be published in Europe. Our database is the first national germination database, and it contributes to European databases with germination data of 228 taxa. Additionally, we exemplify the ecological applicability of the dataset through analysing two plant strategies: (i) life forms and (ii) social behaviour types. Correlations between seed traits and plant strategies are investigated. Our findings are the following: (i) woody plants have significantly higher seed weight and significantly lower germination capacity than herbs (incl. forbs and graminoids); (ii) within herbs, perennials have significantly lower germination capacity than annuals and within forbs, they have significantly higher seed weight as well; (iii) herbaceous ruderals have significantly lower seed weight and significantly higher germination capacity than herbaceous stress tolerants. Our online database is being extended continuously, and its standardised data make it suitable for integration into larger European online databases.

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Seed collection data encompassing half of the vascular flora of the Pannonian Ecoregion stored by the Pannon Seed Bank

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Effect of seed storing duration and sowing year on the seedling establishment of grassland species in xeric environments

Effect of seed storing duration and sowing year on the seedling establishment of grassland species in xeric environments

Presentation of the Huseedwild – A Seed Weight and Germination Database of the Pannonian Flora – Through Analysing Life Forms and Social Behaviour Types

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