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PLANTA DANINHA
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 267-279Publisher
UNIV FEDERAL VICOSA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-83582013000200004
Keywords
life cycle; seed survival; dormancy cycle; hydrothermal time model; burial depth
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Studies were conducted to estimate parameters and relationships associated with sub-processes in soil seed banks of oilseed rape in Gorgan, Iran. After one month of burial, seed viability decreased to 39%, with a slope of 2.03% per day, and subsequently decreased with a lower slope of 0.01 until 365 days following burial in the soil. Germinability remained at its highest value in autumn and winter and decreased from spring to the last month of summer. Non-dormant seeds of volunteer oilseed rape did not germinate at temperatures lower than 3.8 degrees C and a water potential of -1.4 MPa degrees d. The hydrothermal values were 36.2 and 42.9 MPa degrees d for sub-and supra-optimal temperatures, respectively. Quantification of seed emergence as influenced by burial depth was performed satisfactorily (R-2 = 0.98 and RMSE = 5.03). The parameters and relationships estimated here can be used for modelling soil seed bank dynamics or establishing a new model for the environment.
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