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DOI: | 10.1111/gfs.12049 |
Web URL(s): | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gfs.12049/full Last checked: 09/10/2014 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gfs.12049/pdf Last checked: 09/10/2014 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Vázquez de Aldana, B. R.;
Gundel, P. E.;
GarcĂa Criado, B.;
GarcĂa Ciudad, A.;
GarcĂa Sánchez, A.;
Zabalgogeazcoa, I. |
Author Affiliation: | Vázquez de Aldana, GarcĂa Criado, GarcĂa Ciudad, GarcĂa Sánchez, and Zabalgogeazcoa: Department of Abiotic Stress, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain; Gundel: IFEVA and Facultad de AgronomĂa, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina and MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Plant Production Research, Jokioinen, Finland |
Title: | Germination response of endophytic Festuca rubra seeds in the presence of arsenic |
Source: | Grass and Forage Science. Vol. 69, No. 3, September 2014, p. 462-469. |
Publishing Information: | [Oxford, England, United Kingdom]: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
# of Pages: | 8 |
Related Web URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gfs.12049/abstract Last checked: 09/10/2014 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Arsenic; Epichloe festucae; Festuca rubra; Fungus infection; Growth factors; Seed germination
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Abstract/Contents: | "Epichloë fungal endophytes colonize the intercellular space of aerial organs of their plant hosts without causing symptoms. These symbionts are known to improve the performance of their host grasses in some situations of biotic and abiotic stress, leading to the suggestion that they can be used to improve grass tolerance to contaminants. The grass Festuca rubra is a host of the endophyte Epichloë festucae. We used two half-sib lines of F. rubra, each line composed of infected (E+) or endophyte-free (E-) seeds, to study the effect of varying levels of arsenic (6, 12, 25, and 50 mg L-1), and of the endophyte in seed germination and radicle growth. The results showed that seed germination was not significantly affected by arsenic (As) levels lower than 25 mg L-1, indicating that this grass has a relatively high tolerance of As at the germination stage. The decrease in germination observed at 25 and 50 mg L-1 was due to increased seed mortality and to the reversible inhibition of the germination of viable seeds caused by As. The presence of the endophyte did not change the germination response to arsenic of one line, but affected negatively the germination of the other line. In contrast to the process of germination, radicles of E+ seeds of both lines were longer than those of endophyte-free seeds. The results of this work indicate that Epichloë endophytes can affect the performance of some F. rubra genotypes when As is present in the soil." |
Language: | English |
References: | 52 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Vázquez de Aldana, B. R., P. E. Gundel, B. GarcĂa Criado, A. GarcĂa Ciudad, A. GarcĂa Sánchez, and I. Zabalgogeazcoa. 2014. Germination response of endophytic Festuca rubra seeds in the presence of arsenic. Grass Forage Sci. 69(3):p. 462-469. |
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| DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12049 |
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