The Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination in Cultivars of Common Bean

Autor: Consuelo Montes-R, Jeffrey W. White
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Botany. 44:1795-1800
ISSN: 1460-2431
0022-0957
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/44.12.1795
Popis: Common beau (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is grown over a wide range of environments, including sites with low or high soil temperatures at sowing time. To describe the temperature response of seed germination, 20 bean genotypes were evaluated using a rolled paper towel system with 11 constant temperatures ranging from 12 to 34 o C. Germination response was characterized by fitting cumulative counts using a maximum-likelihood analysis. Rate of germination increased from a base temperature (T b ) typically near 8 o C to an optimal development temperature (T o ) of 29 to 34 o C. T b did not differ among common bean genotypes
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