Seasonal cycles in the germination capacity of buried seeds of some Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

By J. V. Van Assche, Katrien L. A. Debucquoy, W. Rommens. 2003

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The natural history of soil seed banks of arable land (2006, background): “Van Assche et al. (2003) demonstrated that seeds of five spring-germinating legumes incubated on a moist substrate at 5 C for 2 mo germinated when moved to simulated early spring daily alternating temperature regimes of 15/6 or 20/10 C day/night temperatures.”
Defining transient and persistent seed banks in species with pronounced seasonal dormancy and germination patterns (2005, background): “However, seeds of some species with physical dormancy (PY) also have a predictable germination pattern controlled by environmental cues (Baskin et al., 1998; Van Assche et al., 2003; also see Baskin, 2003).”
Colonization processes in semi-arid Mediterranean old-fields (2006, background): “In gaps, the number of seedlings was unrelated to the number of seeds, suggesting that processes like daily temperature fluctuations are needed to soften the seed coat (Vazquez-Yanes and Orozco-Segovia, 1982; Van Assche et al., 2003).”