Frost tolerance and hardening capacity during the germination and early developmental stages of four white spruce (Picea glauca) provenances
Frost tolerance and hardening capacity during the germination and early developmental stages of four white spruce (Picea glauca) provenances
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四种白云杉种源发芽和早期发育阶段的耐冻性和硬化能力
作者:
C. Coursolle;F. Bigras;H. Margolis
Frost tolerance during the germination stages of four white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) provenances (between 45°37' and 50°17'N) was studied at four different developmental stages (imbibed seed, radicle, cotyledon, and young seedling), and their hardening capacity was determined for the latter three stages. Hardening capacity was examined by submitting radicle-stage germinants to two temperature-photoperiod treatments (20:15°C - 16-h photoperiod or 5:5°C - 8 h) for 14 days and by submitting cotyledon and young seedling stage germinants to four treatments (20:15°C - 16 h; 20:15°C - 8 h; 5:5°C - 16 h; 5:5°C - 8 h). Frost tolerance was determined immediately after these treatments. Latitude of origin showed no clear pattern with respect to either frost tolerance or hardening capacity at any of the developmental stages. Imbibed seeds had the greatest degree of frost tolerance. With the exception of the most northern provenance, radicle-stage germinants did not respond to a 5:5°C day:night temperature ...