Claim · model-written summary
Low light significantly inhibited seed germination.
- Taxon
- Wedelia trilobata
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Sphagneticola trilobatat0 - Treatment
- low lighte0
- Outcome
- seed germinatione0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Setting
- laboratory experimentse0
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Verbatim
t0“Wedelia trilobata”
e0“In laboratory experiments, low light significantly inhibited seed germination”
Title
Shan-Shan Qi; Zhi-Cong Dai; Shi-Li Miao; et al. Annals of Botany 2014. doi:10.1093/aob/mcu075
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Wedelia trilobata flowers profusely and produces many viable seeds in the field.
- Observation No Wedelia seedlings were detected under mother ramets.
- Observation Few Wedelia seedlings emerged on nearby bare ground.
- Intervention effect Wedelia leaf extracts decreased seed germination.
- Intervention effect Wedelia leaf extracts inhibited seedling growth.
- Association Low light and leaf extracts interacted significantly in their effect on seed germination.
- Intervention effect Seeds germinated in the invaded field after canopy removal.
- Mechanism The authors infer that lack of light and litter limit Wedelia seedling recruitment.
- Mechanism The authors predict seed establishment and long-distance dispersal after limits are removed.
- Recommendation The authors recommend preventing seed production to control spread.