Document Type : Scientific article
Authors
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M.Sc. of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Yazd University, Yazd, I.R. Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Yazd University, Yazd, I.R. Iran.
Abstract
To investigate effect of seed source on germination and seed and seedlings morphological traits of Quercus brantii lindl., a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design was considered. Seeds were selected of six populations including: Sardasht in West Azarbayejan, Selin in Kordestan, Chele in Kermanshah, Nojhian in Lorestan, Kabirkoh in Ilam and Dorag-Anari in Chaharmahalo Bakhtiari. At First, seed length and seed weight of 25 sample seeds from each population were measured. Then seeds were planted in three replications in germinator. After 5 days, to investigate germination characteristics, every day, number of germinated seeds were counted during 18 days. Then 3 to 5 seedlings of each seed sources was planted in peat and perlite. After 30 days, growth parameters such as height shoot, collar diameter, leaf number, shoot and root weights were measured. The analysis of variance results showed that the effect of seed source on seed length, seed weight, germination speed, germination time and root weight were significant.Generally, in the condition of present study, seeds and seedlings of Nojhian in Lorestan and Selin in Kurdistan were more suitable.
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