Interruption of Seed Dormancy and In Vitro Germination of the Halophile Emerging Crop Suaeda edulis (Chenopodiaceae)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Experimental Setup
2.2. Origin of Suaeda edulis Seeds
2.3. Preliminary Experiment to Determine the Germination Potential of S. edulis
2.4. Preparation of Treatments with the Regulator Biozyme® TS
2.5. Description of the Experiment
2.6. Germination Response Variables
2.7. Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Germination Potential of S. edulis under Saline Conditions
3.2. Kolmogorov Smirnov Normality and Levene’s Homoscedasticity Tests
3.3. Effects of Treatments with the Regulator Biozyme® TS
3.3.1. Germination Percentage (GP) (Transformed Values)
3.3.2. Mean Germination Time (MGT)
3.3.3. Germination Rate (GR)
3.3.4. Germination Velocity Coefficient (GVC)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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I. T., h. | Statistic D | p-Value | Significance |
---|---|---|---|
Germination Percentage (GP) (transformed values) | |||
24 | 0.22857 | 0.32239 ns | Does not differ from the normal distribution |
48 | 0.1677 | 0.69854 ns | “ |
72 | 0.20154 | 0.47375 ns | “ |
Mean Germination Time (MGT) | |||
24 | 0.20237 | 0.46857 ns | Does not differ from the normal distribution |
48 | 0.21015 | 0.42179 ns | “ |
72 | 0.22082 | 0.36213 ns | “ |
Germination Rate (GR) | |||
24 | 0.29324 | 0.10301 ns | Does not differ from the normal distribution |
48 | 0.20585 | 0.44733 ns | “ |
72 | 0.23889 | 0.27428 ns | “ |
Germination Velocity Coefficient (GVC) | |||
24 | 0.2446 | 0.24996 ns | Does not differ from the normal distribution |
48 | 0.1574 | 0.76720 ns | “ |
72 | 0.31936 | 0.05965 ns | “ |
I. T., h. | p-Value | F | Significance |
---|---|---|---|
Germination Percentage (GP) (transformed values) | |||
24 | 0.13524 | 2.2473 ns | Similarity of variances is accepted |
48 | 0.13077 | 2.2864 ns | “ |
72 | 0.0880 | 2.7612 ns | “ |
Mean Germination Time (MGT) | |||
24 | 0.14799 | 2.1433 ns | Similarity of variances is accepted |
48 | 0.2475 | 1.5718 ns | “ |
72 | 0.2542 | 1.5430 ns | “ |
Germination Rate (GR) | |||
24 | 0.1009 | 2.5943 ns | Similarity of variances is accepted |
48 | 0.0313 | 4.1436 ns | Similarity of variances is accepted |
72 | 0.0214 | 4.7075 * | Similarity of variance is not accepted |
Germination Velocity Coefficient (GVC) | |||
24 | 0.0515 | 3.4506 ns | Similarity of variances is accepted |
48 | 0.0010 | 10.8974 ** | Similarity of variances is not accepted |
72 | 0.2685 | 1.4843 ns | Similarity of variances is accepted |
I. T., h. | Treatm. | 0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 37.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 0 | --- | 0.02226 * | 0.002878 ** | 0.0002785 *** |
12.5 | 4.855 | --- | 0.6484 ns | 0.08674 ns | |
25.0 | 6.528 | 1.673 | --- | 0.4876 ns | |
37.5 | 8.597 | 3.741 | 2.069 | --- | |
48 | 0 | --- | 0.02955 * | 0.00287 ** | 0.01978 * |
12.5 | 4.626 | --- | 0.5534 ns | 0.9955 ns | |
25.0 | 6.53 | 1.904 | --- | 0.6865 ns | |
37.5 | 4.95 | 0.324 | 1.58 | --- | |
72 | 0 | --- | 0.2357 ns | 0.0005322 *** | 0.004179 *** |
12.5 | 2.85 | --- | 0.01548 * | 0.1342 ns | |
25.0 | 7.998 | 5.148 | --- | 0.6034 ns | |
37.5 | 6.217 | 3.366 | 1.782 | --- |
I. T., h. | Treatm. | 0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 37.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 0 | --- | 0.07434 ns | 0.04124 * | 0.0007001 *** |
12.5 | 3.871 | --- | 0.9854 ns | 0.07349 ns | |
25.0 | 4.356 | 0.4851 | --- | 0.1298 ns | |
37.5 | 7.751 | 3.881 | 3.395 | --- | |
48 | 0 | --- | 0.002576 ** | 0.0006433 *** | 0.2006 ns |
12.5 | 6.621 | --- | 0.8284 ns | 0.1003 ns | |
25.0 | 7.827 | 1.206 | --- | 0.02313 * | |
37.5 | 3.003 | 3.618 | 4.824 | --- | |
72 | 0 | --- | 0.1074 ns | 0.03655 * | 0.01208 * |
12.5 | 3.56 | --- | 0.9196 ns | 0.6005 ns | |
25.0 | 4.454 | 0.8944 | --- | 0.9196 ns | |
37.5 | 5.349 | 1.789 | 0.8944 | --- |
I. T., h. | Treat. | 0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 37.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 0 | --- | 0.8973 ns | 0.5842 ns | 0.06628 ns |
12.5 | 0.9819 | --- | 0.9306 ns | 0.2046 ns | |
25.0 | 1.828 | 0.8465 | --- | 0.4608 ns | |
37.5 | 3.966 | 2.985 | 2.138 | --- | |
48 | 0 | --- | 0.3662 ns | 0.04498 * | 0.5347 ns |
12.5 | 2.401 | --- | 0.5615 ns | 0.9882 ns | |
25.0 | 4.285 | 1.884 | --- | 0.3888 ns | |
37.5 | 1.95 | 0.4514 | 2.335 | --- | |
72 | 0 | --- | 0.7354 ns | 0.007195 ** | 0.02845 * |
12.5 | 1.458 | --- | 0.04353 * | 0.1619 ns | |
25.0 | 5.77 | 4.312 | --- | 0.859 ns | |
37.5 | 4.657 | 3.199 | 1.113 | --- |
I. T., h. | Treatm. | 0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 37.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 0 | --- | 0.5142 ns | 0.04111 * | 0.2805 ns |
12.5 | 2.001 | --- | 0.3811 ns | 0.9621 ns | |
25.0 | 4.359 | 2.358 | --- | 0.6458 ns | |
37.5 | 2.68 | 0.6785 | 1.679 | --- | |
48 | 0 | --- | 0.4839 ns | 0.2085 ns | 0.009695 ** |
12.5 | 2.078 | --- | 0.9209 ns | 0.1221 ns | |
25.0 | 2.967 | 0.889 | --- | 0.3155 ns | |
37.5 | 5.527 | 3.449 | 2.56 | --- | |
72 | 0 | --- | 0.8897 ns | 0.006601 ** | 0.1634 ns |
12.5 | 1.01 | --- | 0.02295 * | 0.4444 ns | |
25.0 | 5.84 | 4.83 | --- | 0.2892 ns | |
37.5 | 3.191 | 2.181 | 2.649 | --- |
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Costa-Becheleni, F.R.; Troyo-Diéguez, E.; Nieto-Garibay, A.; Bustamante-Salazar, L.A.; García-Galindo, H.S.; Murillo-Amador, B. Interruption of Seed Dormancy and In Vitro Germination of the Halophile Emerging Crop Suaeda edulis (Chenopodiaceae). Agronomy 2022, 12, 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010103
Costa-Becheleni FR, Troyo-Diéguez E, Nieto-Garibay A, Bustamante-Salazar LA, García-Galindo HS, Murillo-Amador B. Interruption of Seed Dormancy and In Vitro Germination of the Halophile Emerging Crop Suaeda edulis (Chenopodiaceae). Agronomy. 2022; 12(1):103. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010103
Chicago/Turabian StyleCosta-Becheleni, Francyelli Regina, Enrique Troyo-Diéguez, Alejandra Nieto-Garibay, Luis Alejandro Bustamante-Salazar, Hugo Sergio García-Galindo, and Bernardo Murillo-Amador. 2022. "Interruption of Seed Dormancy and In Vitro Germination of the Halophile Emerging Crop Suaeda edulis (Chenopodiaceae)" Agronomy 12, no. 1: 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010103
APA StyleCosta-Becheleni, F. R., Troyo-Diéguez, E., Nieto-Garibay, A., Bustamante-Salazar, L. A., García-Galindo, H. S., & Murillo-Amador, B. (2022). Interruption of Seed Dormancy and In Vitro Germination of the Halophile Emerging Crop Suaeda edulis (Chenopodiaceae). Agronomy, 12(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010103