Effect of water potential on seed germination Article

Oberbauer, S, Miller, PC. (1982). Effect of water potential on seed germination . ECOGRAPHY, 5(2), 218-220. 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1982.tb01040.x

cited authors

  • Oberbauer, S; Miller, PC

authors

abstract

  • The response of seed germination to substrate water potential was determined for several plant species of the arctic tundra. Seeds were collected from Cape Thompson and Eagle Summit, Alaska and germinated on dialysis membranes over water solutions of polyethylene glycol with osmotic potentials of 0 to −6 bars. Germination did not occur with potentials below −3 bars, except for three fellfield species. Germination was delayed at lower osmotic potentials. Because the response of most species was similar, substrate water potential is probably not a factor affecting the establishment of most tundra plant species from seeds. Copyright © 1982, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

publication date

  • January 1, 1982

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start page

  • 218

end page

  • 220

volume

  • 5

issue

  • 2