Table 1. Germination characteristics of Agriophyllum squarrosum.
| Sample plot | Seed collection time | Experiment time | Germination rate | Germination conditions | Optimum conditions | Dormancy or not | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horqin Desert | Oct, 1990 | Jun, 1991 | 17.00% | Sand bury or not before rainfall | 0.2 cm sand bury | – | Li, Chang & Zhao (1992) |
| Horqin Desert | May, 2001 | Jun, 2001 | 15.20% | 0–30 cm sand bury | 0–5 cm depth | – | Bai, Bao & Li (2004) |
| Horqin Desert | Autumn 2002 | Summer 2003 | 94.80% | 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 cm sand bury depth | 2 cm depth | Obligatory dormancy | Li et al. (2004) |
| Horqin Desert | Autumn 2003 | Apr, 2004 | 42.10% 39.20% | Chilling or dry storage | Stronger innate dormancy | Li et al. (2006) | |
| Horqin Desert | Nov, 2002 | May, 2003 | 91.30% | 5/20 °C, 10/30 °C, 20/40 °C; | 10/30 °C; | Light or absent | Cui et al. (2009) |
| 0, −0.1, −0.2, −0.4, −0.8, −1.6 MPa water potentials; | 0MPa water potentials; | ||||||
| 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8 cm burial depths | 0.5 cm | ||||||
| Horqin Desert | 2004–2006 | 2004–2006 | 50.30% | Light or dark at 25 °C | Dark | – | Han (2008) |
| Horqin Desert | 1997, 2004–2006 | 1997, 2004–2006 | 91.20% | Light or dark at 25 °C | Dark | – | Ma et al. (2010) |
| Horqin Desert | Autumn, 2003 | May, 2005 | 35% | Chilling or dry storage | – | Ma & Liu (2008) | |
| Horqin Desert | Autumn, 2006 | May, 2007 | 50% | 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 mm burial depths | 10 mm depth; | No | Luo et al. (2009) |
| 30, 60, 105 mm irrigation | 105 mm | ||||||
| Horqin Desert | 2008 | 2009 | >90% | 0.5, 2, 4 cm burial depths; | 0.5 cm; | – | Zhao (2009) |
| >90% | 5, 10, 20 mm water supply | 10 mm | |||||
| Horqin Desert | Autumn, 2007 | 2008 | 85.0% | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 mm precipitation; | 25 mm; | Yes | Wang, Yan & Meng (2009) |
| 0%, 50%, 100% illumination; | 0%; | ||||||
| 0.5, 1, 2, 3 cm burial depths | 0.5 cm | ||||||
| Mu Us Desert | Aug, 2001 | May, 2002 | 33.30% | 5/15 °C, 10/20 °C, 15/25 °C, 20/30 °C | 20/30 °C in the dark |
– | Zheng et al. (2004) |
| Mu Us Desert | Oct, 2011 | Apr, 2012 | 5.00% | 5/15 °C, 10/20 °C, 15/25 °C, 20/30 °C at dark | 20/30 °C | Yes | Gao et al. (2014) |
| Mu Us Desert | Oct, 2012 | Jul, 2014 | 6.67% | 0, 9%, 18% soil moistures at 15/25 °C; | 0, 9%; | Yes | Gao et al. (2018) |
| 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 cycles of wetting and drying | 4 cycles | ||||||
| Shapotou | 1993, 1994 | Jul, 1996 | 27.40% | Sand bury or not after watering | 2 cm depth | No innate dormancy | Wang, Wang & Liu (1998) |
| Shapotou | 2004–2006 | 2004–2006 | 23.70% | Light or dark | Dark | – | Han (2008) |
| Shapotou | 1997, 2004–2006 | 1997, 2004–2006 | 33.60% | Light or dark at 25 °C | Dark | – | Ma & Liu (2008) |
| Shapotou | Autumn, 2008 | May, 2009 | 99.20% | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 cm burial depths | 1 cm | – | Fan et al. (2010) |
| Minqin | 2004–2006 | 2004–2006 | 100% | Light or dark | Dark | – | Han (2008) |
| Minqin | 1997, 2004–2006 | 1997, 2004–2006 | 95% | Light or dark at 25 °C | Dark | – | Ma & Liu (2008) |
| Minqin | Autumn 2010 | 2011 | 88% | 0, 2, 4, 6, 12, 18, 28, 36 g/ kg NaCl; | 18 g/kg threshold; | Yes | Chen, Ma & Wang (2012) |
| 0, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% PEG6000 | 20% threshold | ||||||
| Minqin | 2010 | Apr, 2013 | 100% | 0, 0.0125, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.15 g/mL GA; | 0.075, 0.1, 0.15 g/mL GA; | Yes | Wei et al. (2015) |
| 0, 25%, 50%, 100%, 150%, 200% NaCl; | 50% NaCl; | ||||||
| 0, 10.6%, 16.5%, 21.3%, 25.5% PEG6000 | 0% PEG | ||||||
| 6000 | |||||||
| Minqin | Autumn, 2013 | 2014 | 15% | 0, 0.0125, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.15 g/mL GA; | 0.1, 0.15 g/mL GA; | Yes | Tang et al. (2017) |
| 0, 10.6%, 16.5%, 21.3%, 25.5% PEG6000; | 0%PEG6000 | ||||||
| 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 °C; | 25 °C; | ||||||
| 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 cm burial depths | 1.5 cm depth |