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. 2024 Nov 27;12:e18320. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18320

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