WATER STRESS AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON GERMINATION AND EARLY SEEDLING GROWTH OF DIGITARIA ERIANTHA

BREVEDAN, R.; BUSSO, C.; FIORETTI, M; TORIBIO, M; BAIONI, S.; TORRES, Y; FERNANDEZ, O; GIORGETTI, H.; BENTIVEGNA, D; ENTÍO, J; ITHURRART, L.; MONTENEGRO, O; MUJICA, M; RODRIGUEZ, G; TUCAT, G.

Seedlings: Ecology, Growth and Environmental Influences

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Lugar: NUEVA YORK; Año: 2012;

We assessed seed germination and seedling survival of the grass Digitaria eriantha cv.Irene to determine its potential for re-vegetation in the arid parts of Argentina. We evaluated the effects of (1) water stress and temperature on the germination, and (2) water stress on the early seedling growth under controlled conditions. During the first 24 hrs the germination at constant temperature exceeded by 50 % (one-way ANOVA: F3,20=67.40, p