Effects of Seed Preservation Periods and Soil Composition on the Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Halophyte Suaeda japonica

Yong Sung Kwak; Si Eun Kim; Ji Chul Oh; Seo Kyoung Park; Han Gil Choi

doi:10.4217/OPR.2022021

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Effects of Seed Preservation Periods and Soil Composition on the Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Halophyte Suaeda japonica 염생식물 칠면초(Suaeda japonica)의 종자발아와 유묘생장에 종자 보관기간과 토양구성이 미치는 영향

30 December 2022. pp. 311-317

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Abstract

Seed germination and seedling growth of a halophyte, Suaeda japonica were examined to measure the effects of seed preservation periods and various soil compositions in the mudflat of Saemangeum, Korea. Seed germination declined from 74.30% to 44.30% as the preservation period increased from 4 months to 12 months. After 14 days of seeding, seed germination was lowest in sandy soil (SS) at 8.67% and highest in earthworm cast+leaf mold (EC+LM) at 67.33%, showing 4~5 times higher than SS. The average lengths of seedlings were 12.20 mm in SS and 42.20 mm in EC+LM, respectively. These results suggest that seed germination and seedling growth enhanced in the soil that has more organic matter. In the experiment mixing Saemangeum soil (SMS), seed germination was from 4.00% in SMS to 88.00% in the soil of SMS+EC+LM after 14 days. Similar growth patterns were observed in the length of seedlings from 5.00 mm in SMS to 49.60 mm in SMS+EC+LM. The present results indicate that a population of Suaeda japonica could be established by stimulating seed germination and seedling growth by the addition of organic matters such as EC, LM, and EC+LM in the Saemangeum mud flat.

Keywords

germination

preservation

seedling growth

soil composition

Suaeda japonica

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Publisher :Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Publisher(Ko) :한국해양과학기술원
Journal Title :Ocean and Polar Research
Journal Title(Ko) :Ocean and Polar Research
Volume : 44
No :4
Pages :311-317
Received Date : 2022-08-10
Revised Date : 2022-09-20
Accepted Date : 2022-09-22
DOI :https://doi.org/10.4217/OPR.2022021

Ocean and Polar Research ISSN:2234-7313(Online) Ocean and Polar Research

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