Temperature effect on seed germination and seedling growth of Moringa oleifera Lam.

Muhl, Quintin Ernst; Toit, E.S. du; Robbertse, P.J.

doi:10.15258/sst.2011.39.1.19

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“…The difference between the two studied species may be explained by the genetic variation and the different origin (Mridha, 2015;Muhammad et al, 2016). The optimum temperatures reported on Moringa under greenhouse conditions ranged from 20 to 35ºC (Alatar, 2011;Muhl et al, 2011). According to these reports, the high temperature was better than the low one, which is not in agreement with our results because of the different conditions between greenhouse and laboratory.…”

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“…According to these reports, the high temperature was better than the low one, which is not in agreement with our results because of the different conditions between greenhouse and laboratory. However, the optimum temperature for M. peregrina 25/35°C (Alatar, 2011) was higher than that reported on M. oleifera 20/30°C (Muhl et al, 2011), which justify our comparison. Results on seed germination under greenhouse showed the preference of October compared to February.…”

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“…Seed germination of M. oleifera was studied under greenhouse conditions where the higher temperature 20/30ºC was found better than 10/20ºC (Muhl et al, 2011;Batool et al, 2016). The larger seeds of M. peregrina were also better for decreasing germination time and increasing seedling growth rate (Gomaa and Xavier, 2011).…”

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Evaluation of Seed Germination and Growth Characteristics of Moringa oleifera and M. peregrina under Laboratory, Greenhouse and Field Conditions

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2017

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This work aimed to evaluate production of Moringa peregrina and M. oleifera, in the central region of Saudi Arabia. Seed germination using seven temperature regimes in laboratory showed that 20°C is the optimum temperature for both species allowing the germination of 87-90% of cultivated seeds within 5 days, mainly from the fourth to seventh days of sowing. Satisfied germination (80%) was also obtained with 15 and 25°C for M. oleifera and M. peregrina, respectively. No germination occurred under 10 and 40°C for both species. The high temperature increased germination speed but deceased the germination percentage. The low temperature delayed the germination time. Under the optimum temperatures, both species had good germination time and rate but M. oleifera showed higher germination index. Under greenhouse, mid October was better than mid-February for seed germination and seedling growth of both species. Germination efficiency under greenhouse was different from that of laboratory where seed germination percentage of M. peregrina was higher than that of M. oleifera; 80% versus 53%, respectively. M. peregrina also showed better seedling growth specially in number of leaves. However, M. oleifera showed highly better growth under field conditions regarding height, spread, leaves number, leaf area and leaf dry weight. It also flowered 6 months after transfer to field or 8 months after sowing. The reported results could be beneficial for commercial production of such important crops in the central region of Saudi Arabia and similar regions. The reported results could be also important at fundamental level regarding the effects of temperature and growth trends.

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“…This agrees with Somade and Obiaga (1993) who found that temperature of 25 °C-30 °C is suitable for Terminalia superba. This is also in consonance with the findings of Muhl et al (2011) who reported that optimum temperature for seed germination of Moringa oleifera under green condition ranged from 20 °C-30 °C. Longman and Jenik (1987) The germination of the seeds was impeded by the low temperature.…”

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Effect of temperature on seed germination of Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuill. (Malvales: Malvaceae) from Ondo and Oyo States, Nigeria

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2019

Braz. J. Biol. Sci.

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Effect of temperature on seed germination of Bombax costatum Pellegr & Vuill. (Malvales: Malvaceae), from four provenances in South Western Nigeria was investigated. A set of three replicates of 25 seeds per provenance were used for the experiment which was laid in a completely randomized block design. The seeds were exposed to fire temperature regimes for germination tests: 28 oC, 20 oC, 5 oC, 35 oC and 20 oC. Seed germination was recorded for 4 weeks. Data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance. Result showed that significant differences in seed germination under varying temperature regimes (P < 0.05). Interaction effect between temperature and provenances was not significant (P < 0.05). Seeds placed in ambient temperature had the highest mean number of germination (20.75) while the least mean value (0.17) was observed for cold room (-20 oC). B. costatum seeds should be exposed to ambient temperature so as to promote seed germination.

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“…For example, improved soil water content stimulates or inhibits seedling recruitment (Dovčiak, Reich, & Frelich, ; Ruprecht, Enyedi, Eckstein, & Donath, ). Seedling recruitment can be significantly influenced by the accumulated temperature or regulation of day and night temperature (Fennimore, Nyquist, Shaner, Myers, & Foley, ; Muhl, Du‐Toit, & Robbertse, ). Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) stimulates or inhibits seedling recruitment and species richness due to plant development, which is regulated by light via the phytochrome pigment (Beligni & Lamattina, ; Chory et al, ).…”

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Litter addition decreases plant diversity by suppressing seeding in a semiarid grassland, Northern China

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Wan

2019

Ecology and Evolution

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Plant community diversity is conducive to maintain the regional ecosystems stability and ecosystem services. Seed germination is one of the main ways to regulate plant diversity, owing to seedling recruitment as a basis for plant community renewal. However, the exact mechanism of how plant litter affects seedling recruitment, and species richness is not yet fully understood. Therefore, a litter addition and removal experiment was established in a semiarid grassland to study the effects of plant litter on seedling recruitment and species richness from April to August in 2016 and 2017 in Northern China. The positive correlation between species richness and seedling recruitment indicated that a guarantee of seedling recruitment was the main precondition to protect species richness. Adding rather than removing litter significantly reduced species richness. Litter addition inhibited species richness by directly increasing mechanical damage or indirectly reducing photosynthetically active radiation and seedling recruitment. The results of this study are conducive to understand the evolutionary and regulatory mechanisms of community species richness and seedling recruitment in grassland ecosystems after adding or removing plant litter. OPEN RESEARCH BADGES This article has been awarded Open Data, Open Materials and Preregistered research design Badges. All materials and data are publicly accessible via the Open Science Framework at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5dj3jg5 and http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.13gj03s

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Temperature effect on seed germination and seedling growth of Moringa oleifera Lam.

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Evaluation of Seed Germination and Growth Characteristics of Moringa oleifera and M. peregrina under Laboratory, Greenhouse and Field Conditions

Evaluation of Seed Germination and Growth Characteristics of Moringa oleifera and M. peregrina under Laboratory, Greenhouse and Field Conditions

Effect of temperature on seed germination of Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuill. (Malvales: Malvaceae) from Ondo and Oyo States, Nigeria

Litter addition decreases plant diversity by suppressing seeding in a semiarid grassland, Northern China

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