Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2005, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (03): 331-334.

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Seed Germination Testing Standardization of Leonurus heterophyllus

1SUN Qun 2DING Zi-Mian 1TAN Zu-Wei 1SUN Bao-Qi 1WANG Jian-Hua   

    1. 1 (Department of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094) 
    2. 2 (Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094)
  • Received:2005-01-04 Revised:2005-05-11 Online:2005-06-20 Published:2005-06-20
  • Contact: Author for correspondence. E-mail: sqcau@126.com

Abstract: The influence of different conditions on Leonurus heterophyllus seed germination were tested in this paper. The conditions included 6 temperature treatments (15 ℃, 20 ℃, 25 ℃,30 ℃, (15/25) ℃, and (20/30) ℃), 2 light treatments (0 and 2 000 lx) and 4 germinating-bed treatments (top of paper (TP), between of paper (BP), top of sand (TS), and between of sand (S)).According to the germination performance under different conditions, the optimum seed germination conditions of Leonurus heterophyllus were as follows: temperature 25~30℃, germinating-beds TP and BP, light or dark. The first seedling-counting time is the 4th day after germination;the last time is the 9th day.

Key words: Leonurus heterophyllus, Seed, Germination