Roja Safaian; Hosein Azarnivand
Volume 17, Issue 2 , September 2010, , Pages 331-339
Abstract
Prangos ferulacea (L.) Lindly as one of the best Iran`s range plants, is the dominant species of Iranian Jashirzar. Competitive harvesting, lack of attention to vegetative conditions and their habitats caused a disturbance on its reproduction and also the degradation of its habitats. Since the regeneration ...
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Prangos ferulacea (L.) Lindly as one of the best Iran`s range plants, is the dominant species of Iranian Jashirzar. Competitive harvesting, lack of attention to vegetative conditions and their habitats caused a disturbance on its reproduction and also the degradation of its habitats. Since the regeneration of the plant is only done in the natural habitats and through its seeds _when having in mind its deep dormancy as a member of umbelliferae family, it seems necessary to study and investigate the methods of breaking the seeds dormancy in order to protect the species . In this research in order to determine the best methods of the breakage of the seeds dormancy, the effect of some factors such as darkness, lightening, coldness, washing and temperature on the breakage of the dormancy of Prangos seeds_ collected from Fars Province pastures _is analyzed. For this purpose, a completely randomized design with three replications and five treatments was done. The results showed that treatments of coldness, lightening and 10°C temperature in compare to other treatments have significantly influenced the breakage of the species' seed dormancy. Meanwhile these methods are more important when we remind that, they are more economical and safe for the embryo in compare to other treatments such as using chemicals (specially acids). All of these together make these treatments practical methods.