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. 2010 Feb 24;105(4):627–635. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq017

Table 2.

Mean germination percentage, mean germination rate (T50 in days) and mean initial seedling growth (root + shoot length in mm) in the control conditions and after the smoke treatments

Germination percentage
Germination rate
Total seedling growth
Species Control Smoke 1 : 1 Smoke 1 : 10 Control Smoke 1 : 1 Smoke 1 : 10 Control Smoke
Anthyllis cytisoides 1 0ns 2ns 264 154ns
Anthyllis lagascana 4 3ns 2ns 321 96ns 69ns
Cistus albidus 9 12ns 6ns 194 137ns 136ns 39·52 44·01ns
Cistus monspeliensis 18 18ns 14ns 105 112ns 303ns 27·01 35·05ns
Coris monspeliensis 9 43**** 24** 172 60**** 113**** 14·36 36·23*
Coronilla minima 11 11ns 12ns 146 125ns 140ns 42·85 63·53*
Digitalis obscura 94 89ns 96ns 6 6ns 4* 25·73 26·04ns
Dorycnium pentaphyllum 9 7ns 7ns 216 129* 162ns 50·04 45·88ns
Erica multiflora 82 94** 83ns 16 11** 15ns 21·63 20·70ns
Erica terminalis 33 60**** 53*** 76 44*** 54**
Erica umbellata 2 56**** 7* 195 43*** 177ns
Fumana ericoides 0 2ns 4* 173 131
Fumana thymifolia 5 11ns 11ns 133 128ns 114ns
Genista scorpius 17 14ns 17ns 161 154ns 169ns 44·87 58·79ns
Genista umbellata 70 74ns 77ns 21 15ns 11ns 44·51 55·69ns
Helianthemum syriacum 8 8ns 11ns 189 232ns 153ns
Lavandula latifolia 29 59**** 47** 85 35** 53* 26·98 48·86***
Lavandula stoechas 50 100**** 96**** 47 4**** 5**** 33·22 34·72ns
Linum suffruticosum 95 99ns 98ns 3 2ns 2ns 49·02 51·87ns
Ononis minutissima 0 2ns 3* 132 496
Rosmarinus officinalis 26 40* 42** 88 70ns 66ns 43·88 36·24ns
Sideritis angustifolia 85 90ns 90ns 5 6ns 6ns 47·36 54·34ns
Teucrium capitatum 30 34ns 30ns 75 75ns 87ns 23·42 18·35ns
Teucrium ronnigeri 42 55* 58* 60 46ns 45ns 14·88 26·07**
Thymus piperella 96 95ns 83** 2 2ns 2ns 37·12 45·33**
Thymus vulgaris 88 100**** 96ns 4 2** 2** 31·59 35·64*
Ulex borgiae 9 3ns 3* 180 319ns 170ns
Ulex parviflorus 2 7ns 2ns 171 167ns 170ns
Xolantha tuberaria 4 6ns 4ns 462 89ns 176ns

The significance of the pairwise comparison of each treatment with its corresponding control is also included (ns, not significant; *P < 0·05; **P < 0·01; ***P < 0·001; ****P < 0·0001).

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