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Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation
Although tulips are famous worldwide as ornamental plants, the knowledge about the seed germination of wild-growing species remains limited. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of temperature on seed germination of the local, wild-growing Greek endemics Tulipa bakeri and T. go...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37050201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12071574 |
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author | Hatzilazarou, Stefanos Pipinis, Elias Kostas, Stefanos Stagiopoulou, Rafaela Gitsa, Konstantina Dariotis, Eleftherios Avramakis, Manolis Samartza, Ioulietta Plastiras, Ioannis Kriemadi, Eleni Bareka, Pepy Lykas, Christos Tsoktouridis, Georgios Krigas, Nikos |
author_facet | Hatzilazarou, Stefanos Pipinis, Elias Kostas, Stefanos Stagiopoulou, Rafaela Gitsa, Konstantina Dariotis, Eleftherios Avramakis, Manolis Samartza, Ioulietta Plastiras, Ioannis Kriemadi, Eleni Bareka, Pepy Lykas, Christos Tsoktouridis, Georgios Krigas, Nikos |
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description | Although tulips are famous worldwide as ornamental plants, the knowledge about the seed germination of wild-growing species remains limited. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of temperature on seed germination of the local, wild-growing Greek endemics Tulipa bakeri and T. goulimyi and the sub-Balkan endemic T. undulatifolia, which are threatened with extinction, as well as the Mediterranean T. australis and the Asiatic T. clusiana naturalized on Chios Island (Greece). The germination responses at five constant temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 °C) were assessed for all studied species in growth chambers under a 12:12 light–dark photoperiod. The ecological profile for each species was developed in R using open-source bioclimatic data; this was built to illustrate the abiotic environmental conditions of their wild habitats, to facilitate the examination of temperature effects on seed germination, and to facilitate their cultivation in artificial environments. The results indicated that the seed germination requirements of the studied species had a range-specific temperature dependence, reflecting their natural adaptation to local ecological conditions. Seed germination of T. bakeri, T. australis, and T. clusiana was observed only in a narrow range of very low temperatures (5–10 °C), whereas germination of T. undulatifolia and T. goulimyi occurred at temperatures between 5 and 15 °C. A temperature increase to 20 or 25 °C resulted in the absence of seed germination for all five Greek tulip species. The germinated seeds were planted in pots and bulblets were developed under greenhouse conditions. Seeds and bulblets constitute valuable genetic materials for the cultivation and ex situ conservation of these five Greek tulip species, three of which are threatened with extinction. |
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spelling | pubmed-100967052023-04-13 Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation Hatzilazarou, Stefanos Pipinis, Elias Kostas, Stefanos Stagiopoulou, Rafaela Gitsa, Konstantina Dariotis, Eleftherios Avramakis, Manolis Samartza, Ioulietta Plastiras, Ioannis Kriemadi, Eleni Bareka, Pepy Lykas, Christos Tsoktouridis, Georgios Krigas, Nikos Plants (Basel) Article Although tulips are famous worldwide as ornamental plants, the knowledge about the seed germination of wild-growing species remains limited. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of temperature on seed germination of the local, wild-growing Greek endemics Tulipa bakeri and T. goulimyi and the sub-Balkan endemic T. undulatifolia, which are threatened with extinction, as well as the Mediterranean T. australis and the Asiatic T. clusiana naturalized on Chios Island (Greece). The germination responses at five constant temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 °C) were assessed for all studied species in growth chambers under a 12:12 light–dark photoperiod. The ecological profile for each species was developed in R using open-source bioclimatic data; this was built to illustrate the abiotic environmental conditions of their wild habitats, to facilitate the examination of temperature effects on seed germination, and to facilitate their cultivation in artificial environments. The results indicated that the seed germination requirements of the studied species had a range-specific temperature dependence, reflecting their natural adaptation to local ecological conditions. Seed germination of T. bakeri, T. australis, and T. clusiana was observed only in a narrow range of very low temperatures (5–10 °C), whereas germination of T. undulatifolia and T. goulimyi occurred at temperatures between 5 and 15 °C. A temperature increase to 20 or 25 °C resulted in the absence of seed germination for all five Greek tulip species. The germinated seeds were planted in pots and bulblets were developed under greenhouse conditions. Seeds and bulblets constitute valuable genetic materials for the cultivation and ex situ conservation of these five Greek tulip species, three of which are threatened with extinction. MDPI 2023-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10096705/ /pubmed/37050201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12071574 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hatzilazarou, Stefanos Pipinis, Elias Kostas, Stefanos Stagiopoulou, Rafaela Gitsa, Konstantina Dariotis, Eleftherios Avramakis, Manolis Samartza, Ioulietta Plastiras, Ioannis Kriemadi, Eleni Bareka, Pepy Lykas, Christos Tsoktouridis, Georgios Krigas, Nikos Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation |
title | Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation |
title_full | Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation |
title_fullStr | Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation |
title_short | Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination of Five Wild-Growing Tulipa Species of Greece Associated with Their Ecological Profiles: Implications for Conservation and Cultivation |
title_sort | influence of temperature on seed germination of five wild-growing tulipa species of greece associated with their ecological profiles: implications for conservation and cultivation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37050201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12071574 |
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