COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND WATER POTENTIAL ON SEED GERMINATION OF FABACEAE SPECIES FROM DESERT AND SUBALPINE GRASSLAND

摘要

Premise of the study: Temperature and water potential for germination based on the thermal and hydrotime models have been successfully applied in predicting germination requirements of physiologically dormant seeds as well as nondormant seeds. However, comparative studies of the germination requirements of physically dormant seeds from different ecosystems have not been done.