Carry-over of Differential Salt Tolerance in Plants Grown from Dimorphic Seeds of Suaeda splendens

摘要

Background and AimsHalophytic species often show seed dimorphism, where seed morphs produced by a single individual may differ in germination characteristics. Particular morphs are adapted to different windows of opportunity for germination in the seasonally fluctuating and heterogeneous salt-marsh environment. The possibility that plants derived from the two morphs may also differ physiologically has not been investigated previously.