From Seed Germination to Young Plants: Ecology, Growth and Environmental Influences

$45.00 – $179.00

Carlos Alberto Busso (Editor)
Universidad Nacional del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Series: Botanical Research and Practices, Environmental Health – Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors
BISAC: NAT011000

This book includes new information on the growth, ecology and effects of environmental influences on plant tissues from the scale of the germination of seeds to that of young plants.

It starts with (1) a review article that mostly address the initial phase of the plant life cycle (i.e., seed germination) from an ecophysiological viewpoint. The following three chapters shed light on the (2) translocation and utilization of storage compounds in relation to the formation of those aromatics, during the germination and greening of Cucumis sativus, (3) developmental basis and significance of the light-induced exaggeration of the hypocotyl hook on various epigeal dicots, (4) possible action mechanisms of various reactive oxygen species on seed ageing, and root growth and development of willow seedlings. The remaining chapters are related to applied research and include information obtained under laboratory conditions, although most studies were conducted at the field in salt-marsh; temperate, arid and semiarid; humid, subtropical; high mountain, Mediterranean; tropical or cool-temperate forest, or mine tailing ecosystems.

They increase our knowledge of the (5) dynamics of root-microenvironment systems on wheat seedlings, (6) the possibility of predicting the potential for natural or managed re-vegetation of dieback areas on salt marshes, (7) the importance of safe sites in the establishment of new individuals and plant species regeneration of rangeland perennial grasses and forbs, (8) the fact that Hyalis argentea is a non-dormant species that germinates during autumn, taking advantage of soil resources over other species that germinate later, during spring, (9) the physiological processes that contribute to adaptation to water stress on seedlings of various range grasses, (10) defoliation tolerance and competitive ability mechanisms of one native and two introduced genotypes in semiarid rangelands, (11) the most important environmental and biotic factors that influence seedling dynamics of some of the most conspicuous species that grow in a forest-steppe gradient within an arid region, (12) high sensitivity of seed germination and early seedling survival to water stress on the perennial bunchgrass Digitaria eriantha, which constraints its use for re-vegetation purposes in arid rangelands, (13) the salinity effects on germination of tree and shrub species that grow in a seasonally subtropical climate, (14) plant growth regulators that can improve germination and growth of various shrub species, which can be used for restoration of degraded areas in a Mediterranean region, (15) implications of mycorrhiza on the early growth of some tree seedlings endemic to Madagascar, highlighting the importance of mycorrhizal fungi diversity and some pioneer plant species, (16) tropical herbivore-seedling interactions, examining the effects of herbivory from the level of individual through the community, (17) environmental conditions that affect seed germination of spring ephemerals at the floor of deciduous, broad-leaved forests and (18) need of inoculating exotic tree species (e.g., Acacia mangium) with native mycorrhizal fungi for a successful rehabilitation of marginal and mine tailing sites in the Philippines. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

 

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

About The Editor

Preface

Acknowledgments

INVITATION REVIEW CHAPTER: THE BASIC ECOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES

Chapter 1 – From Seed to Seedling: An Ecophysiological Point of View
(María Ruiz, Alberto Golberg and María Lía Molas, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Anguil, INTA, La Pampa, Argentina, and others)

BASIC RESEARCH

Chapter 2 – Greening and the Influence of Light on the Enzyme Activity of <i>Cucumis Sativus</i> Seedlings
(Peter Siekel1, Ján Stano, Karol Mičieta and Marcela Koreňová, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Food Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, and others)

Chapter 3 – Light-Induced Exaggeration of the Hypocotyl Hook: Its Developmental Basis and Significance
(Chizuko Shichijo and Tohru Hashimoto, Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe,
Japan, and others)
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Chapter 4 – ROS Generation in Willow Seeds: A Delicate Equilibrium between Seed Ageing and Normal Seedling Growth
(Humberto Causin, Gonzalo Roqueiro and Sara Maldonado, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 5 – The Role of Root Border Cells in the Formation of a Root-Microenvironment System in Wheat Seedlings
(Anatoly I. Bozhkov, Yuliia A. Kuznetsova, Nataliia G. Menzyanova and Marina K. Kovaleva, Institute of Biology, Kharkov Karazin’s National University, Kharkov, Ukraine)

APPLIED RESEARCH

SALT-MARSH ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 6 – Substrate Properties Affect the Recovery of <i>Spartina Alterniflora</i> from Drought and Herbivory
(Stephen M. Smith, National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA, USA)

ARID AND SEMIARID, TEMPERATE ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 7 – Effects of Microsite Conditions on Seedling Emergence at Grazed and Ungrazed Sites in Montane Pampean Grasslands, Argentina
(Alejandro Loydi and Guadalupe Peter, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS) – CONICET, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 8 – Germination Traits of the Native <i>Hyalis Argentea </i> (Asteraceae)
(Julia Camina, Elian Tourn, Ana Andrada and Cecilia Pellegrini, Dept. Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 9 – Physiological Processes of Adaptation to Water Deficit on Seedlings of Three Native Grasses in Semiarid Argentina
(Roberto Brevedan, María Fioretti, Sandra Baioni and Claris Cabeza, CERZOS (CONICET), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 10 – Plant Traits Contributing to the Performance of Native and Introduced Rangeland Grasses in Arid Argentina
(Yanina Torres, Carlos Busso, Oscar Montenegro, Hugo Giorgetti, Gustavo Rodríguez and Leticia Ithurrart, Dept. Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur and CERZOS (CONICET), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 11 – Seedling Dynamics in an Environmental Gradient of Andean Patagonia, Argentina
(Pablo Martín López Bernal, María Florencia Urretavizcaya
and Guillermo E. Defossé, Patagonian Andes Forest Research and Extension Center (CIEFAP-CONICET) and University of Patagonia, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina)

Chapter 12 – Water Stress and Temperature Effects on Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Digitaria Eriantha
(Roberto Brevedan, Carlos Busso, María Fioretti1, Mirta Toribio, Sandra Baioni, Yanina Torres, Osvaldo Fernández, Hugo Giorgetti, Diego Bentivegna, José Entío, Leticia Ithurrart, Oscar Montenegro, María Mujica, Gustavo Rodríguez and Guillermo Tucat, Dept. Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina and others)

HUMID, SUBTROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 13 – Effect of Salinity Stress on Germination of Woody Species in the Santa Fe Forest Wedge (Humid Chaco Region), Argentina
(Nélida Carnevale, Claudia Alzugaray and Rodrigo Freire, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, and others)

MEDITERRANEAN HIGH MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 14 – Effects of pH, Light and Exogenous Plant Growth Regulators on Seed Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Native Shrubs from High Mediterranean Mountains
(Francisco Serrano-Bernardo, José De la Torre-Betts, María Beltrán-Hermoso, Kelly Garcete and José Rosúa-Campos, Department of Civil Engineering. University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, s/n. Granada, Spain)

TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 15 – Early Growth Improvement on Endemic Tree Species by Soil Mycorrhizal Management in Madagascar
(H. Ramanankierana, R. Baohanta, J. Thioulouse, Y. Prin, H. Randriambanona, E. Baudoin, N. Rakotoarimanga, A. Galiana, E. Rajaonarimamy, M. Lebrun and Robin Duponnois, Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l’Environnement, Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement, Antananarivo, Madagascar, and others)

Chapter 16 – Tropical Seedling-Insect Interactions: The Importance of Herbivory from the Individual to the Community Level in Natural Forests and Restoration
(Tara Joy Massad, Program on the Global Environment, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)

COOL-TEMPERATE, DECIDUOUS, BROAD-LEAVED FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 17 – Environmental Conditions after Seed Dispersal of Spring Ephemeral Species at the Floor of Deciduous, Broad-Leaved Forests
(Kojiro Suzuki, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Regional Environmental Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan)

MINE TAILING ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter 18 – Mycorrhizal Fungi from Mine Sites and Rehabilitation of Marginal and Mine Sites in Surigao, Philippines
(Nelly S. Aggangan, Ma. Ruth R. Edradan, Grace B. Alvarado, PrexyPearl C. Macana, Lafayette Kirsi S. Noel and Debra Ruth R. Edradan, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH), University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines, and others)

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