Evaluation of Seed Dormancy, One of the Key Domestication Traits in Chickpea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Germination Testing
2.2. Germination Data Analysis
2.3. Anatomical and Histochemical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Germination and Dormancy Testing
3.2. Anatomical and Histochemical Analysis
3.3. Length of Macroslereid
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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ICC4958 | Length [µm] | PI48977 | Length [µm] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
1 | 143.57 | 22.41 | 1 | 177.45 | 41.25 |
2 | 114.78 | 14.81 | 2 | 142.88 | 55.14 |
3 | 113.12 | 19.00 | 3 | 155.39 | 15.04 |
4 | 134.59 | 31.41 | 4 | 169.49 | 36.84 |
5 | 121.40 | 16.10 | 5 | 178.47 | 31.48 |
Mean | 125.49 | Mean | 164.73 | ||
SD | 21.94 | SD | 35.30 |
CRIL2-60 | CRIL2-106 | CRIL2-114 | CRIL2-21 | CRIL2-115 | ||||||
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Length [µm] | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
1 | 99.45 | 23.56 | 162.82 | 37.65 | 149.47 | 13.06 | 143.18 | 8.71 | 158.73 | 7.89 |
2 | 230.50 | 82.61 | 184.61 | 90.85 | 158.44 | 34.61 | 172.62 | 44.74 | 210.90 | 17.58 |
3 | 124.70 | 17.28 | 160.84 | 41.91 | 155.68 | 15.23 | 191.57 | 28.57 | 141.56 | 3.42 |
4 | 129.33 | 26.52 | 151.54 | 19.06 | 174.75 | 42.70 | 148.85 | 6.63 | 167.34 | 16.26 |
5 | 183.94 | 67.08 | 182.44 | 75.41 | 161.39 | 44.80 | 130.45 | 3.54 | 205.71 | 19.45 |
Mean | 150.97 | 168.45 | 159.94 | 157.33 | 176.85 | |||||
SD | 65.55 | 51.72 | 29.17 | 30.59 | 30.50 |
CRIL2-6 | CRIL2-81 | CRIL2-43 | CRIL2-110 | CRIL2-65 | ||||||
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Length [µm] | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
1 | 120.22 | 15.45 | 120.49 | 14.33 | 142.62 | 11.63 | 128.93 | 9.82 | 137.26 | 7.23 |
2 | 117.60 | 15.59 | 131.89 | 25.30 | 127.08 | 8.67 | 139.30 | 9.00 | 131.47 | 14.36 |
3 | 111.71 | 17.59 | 142.02 | 7.76 | 165.35 | 27.95 | 122.70 | 5.16 | 158.57 | 14.21 |
4 | 132.94 | 24.57 | 139.90 | 18.41 | 129.22 | 8.83 | 123.88 | 1.88 | 165.65 | 7.63 |
5 | 120.34 | 7.77 | 119.85 | 13.37 | 124.28 | 16.58 | 122.45 | 7.70 | 122.88 | 7.00 |
Mean | 120.56 | 130.83 | 137.71 | 127.45 | 143.17 | |||||
SD | 16.11 | 17.23 | 20.96 | 9.03 | 14.00 |
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Sedláková, V.; Hanáček, P.; Grulichová, M.; Zablatzká, L.; Smýkal, P. Evaluation of Seed Dormancy, One of the Key Domestication Traits in Chickpea. Agronomy 2021, 11, 2292. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112292
Sedláková V, Hanáček P, Grulichová M, Zablatzká L, Smýkal P. Evaluation of Seed Dormancy, One of the Key Domestication Traits in Chickpea. Agronomy. 2021; 11(11):2292. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112292
Chicago/Turabian StyleSedláková, Veronika, Pavel Hanáček, Marie Grulichová, Lenka Zablatzká, and Petr Smýkal. 2021. "Evaluation of Seed Dormancy, One of the Key Domestication Traits in Chickpea" Agronomy 11, no. 11: 2292. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112292