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SHORT COMMUNICATION Increased sensitivity to green light during transition from conditional dormancy to nondormancy in seeds of three species of Solidago (Asteraceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2007

Jeffrey L. Walck ,
Jerry M. Baskin  and
Carol C. Baskin
Jeffrey L. Walck*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, P.O. Box 60, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
Jerry M. Baskin
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
Carol C. Baskin
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
*
*Correspondence Fax: 615–898–5093 Email: jwalck@mtsu.edu
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Abstract

Germination responses of nonstratified (conditionally dormant) and of cold-stratified (nondormant) seeds of three Solidago species were tested in darkness at 30/15°C following various lengths of exposure [0 (control), 5 and 30 min, 1, 6 and 14 h] to green (mostly 500–600 nm) or white (400–700 nm) light. Prior to exposures, nonstratified seeds were imbibed in darkness at laboratory conditions for 24 h, and cold-stratified seeds were kept in darkness at 5°C on a moist substrate for 8 wk. Nonstratified seeds of S. altissima, S. nemoralisand S. shortii germinated to 0–46%, 0–25% and 36–99%, respectively, in darkness following 5 min to 14 h of green or white light, whereas cold-stratified seeds germinated to 53–98%, 31–85% and 82–100%, respectively. Thus, sensitivity of seeds to both green and white light increased as they passed from conditional dormancy to nondormancy. Moreover, sensitivity to green and white light was similar to the hierarchy of seed size. Green safe lights must be used with caution in interpreting the results of studies on light/dark responses of seeds.

Keywords

Asteraceaecold stratificationdormancygerminationgreen lightlight sensitivitySolidago
Type
Short Communication
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Seed Science Research , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 2000 , pp. 495 - 499
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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