{"title":"ANESTHETIC RELEASE OF SEED DORMANCY—AN OVERVIEW","authors":"R. Taylorson, S. Hendricks","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1980.10676893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1980.10676893","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Anesthetic-type compounds enhance the germination of dormant seeds of several plant species. The most effective compounds are ethanol, ethyl ether, and chloroform, which are used either in aqueous solutions or as vapors. They interact strongly with phytochrome in promotion of seed germination by light. The activities of the compounds are considered to arise from influences on the seed membranes.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"194 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121121961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SOME CASES OF VISITING OF ANEMOPHILES BY SYRPHID FLIES IN MADAGASCAR","authors":"H. Leereveld, A. Meeuse, P. Stelleman","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1991.10677198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1991.10677198","url":null,"abstract":"Examination of pollen grains recovered from the digestive tract of certain Madagascan hover flies (Melanostoma spp.) revealed that at least one species consumes large quantities of pollen of nominally anemophilous taxa (Poaceae, Cyperaceae). The significance of this finding is discussed in the light of similar fly-anemophile relationships observed elsewhere in the world.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127144438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON BREAKING OF DORMANCY, GERMINATION SENSU STRICTO AND GROWTH OF APPLE EMBRYO: THERMAL OPTIMUM OF THESE PHENOMENA","authors":"C. Thévenot, C. Périno, D. Côme","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1983.10676969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1983.10676969","url":null,"abstract":"An experimental model for distinguishing between breaking of dormancy, germination sensu stricto and growth of apple embryo was developed. The thermal optimum was found to be different for each step. The use of this model should allow a precise study of the mechanisms governing the three phenomena.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124794287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ALEPPO PINE (PINUS HALEPENSIS MILL.) IN ISRAEL","authors":"R. N. Melzack, C. Grunwald, G. Schiller","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1981.10676920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1981.10676920","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Measurements of 17 characters of cones, needles and bark were made on trees from seven provenances in Israel, and analysed by principal components analysis. Four components accounted for 62% of the total variation. Among these components the Bet Meir and Yirka provenances are similar, while the other seed sources differ from each other. There is no evidence of clinal variation; this was confirmed by analysis of four of the original variables, taken separately, although there is significant between-provenance variation. The Rosh HaNiqra seed source tends to have more extreme component values than the others. This may be due to introgression with Pinus brutia or to different selection pressure.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125808755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MORPHOGENIC PATTERNS OF PLANTS MICROPROPAGATED IN LIQUID MEDIUM IN SHAKEN FLASKS OR LARGE-SCALE BIOREACTOR CULTURES","authors":"M. Ziv","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1991.10677187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1991.10677187","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Plant propagation in vitro through axillary and/or adventitious buds is at present labor intensive, which contributes to the high cost of plant production. Liquid cultures used to scale up mass propagation often affect adversely shoot morphogenesis. Abnormal shoot morphogenesis due to continuous submergence and vigorous aeration in the liquid medium results in vitreous shoots which poorly survive transplanting ex vitro. Nephrolepis, Philodendron, and Gladiolus bud explants were cultured in liquid medium in shaken cultures or bioreactors. Ferns propagated in liquid medium in shaken cultures produced meristemoid clusters, while leafy shoots developed in agar. In bioreactors the biomass was two to three times higher than in shaken cultures. Meristemoid clusters separated and inoculated to pretransplanting hardening agar medium developed normal shoots. In Gladiolus, shoot morphogenesis was controlled by the use of growth retardants, which also enhanced bud and protocorm production. In the presence of...","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"26 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123259368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BIOLOGICAL FLORA OF ISRAEL. 7 LUPINUS PALAESTINUS BOISS. AND L. PILOSUS MURR","authors":"U. Plitmann, C. Heyn, B. Pazy","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1979.10676862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1979.10676862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"10 26","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114052083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AZOSPIRILLUM: PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, MODE OF ASSOCIATION WITH ROOTS AND ITS APPLICATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CEREAL AND FORAGE GRASS CROPS","authors":"Y. Okon","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1982.10676945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1982.10676945","url":null,"abstract":"(1982). AZOSPIRILLUM: PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, MODE OF ASSOCIATION WITH ROOTS AND ITS APPLICATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CEREAL AND FORAGE GRASS CROPS. Israel Journal of Botany: Vol. 31, BAT-SHEVA SEMINAR ON BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION, pp. 214-220.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122120840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WATER ABSORPTION BY SWELLING LEGUMINOUS SEEDS AS AFFECTED BY WATER POTENTIAL AND EXTERNAL MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS","authors":"A. Hadas","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1985.10677004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1985.10677004","url":null,"abstract":"The Collis-George/Melville model of water uptake by swelling seeds was used to determine the diffusivity to water of pea, chickpea and vetch seeds as affected by external solution and water potential. These values were compared with the Hadas/Russo results for the same seeds. Soil density changes at the seed-soil contact interface were calculated and the approximate pressures exerted on the soil by the swelling seeds were evaluated from consolidation test data for the sand and silty soils used in the experiments. Seed diffusivity to water according to the Collis-George/Melville model was in close agreement with the Hadas/Russo data only for the later part of the imbibition process when the seeds are fully imbibed or nearly so. The non-swelling Hadas/Russo model cannot be expected to yield accurate values at low seed moisture contents. The Collis-George/Melville model failed to yield consistent values for vetch seeds due to their partially impermeable seed coat. As expected, the calculated diffusivities to water of the seeds decrease as the external potential becomes more negative. Due to soil compaction during the imbibition process, the volume of the germinating seeds was smaller than that of free-swelling seeds under the same external water potential conditions. Soil mechanical constraints and water stress caused delayed germination but did not affect final germination. Their specific effects could not be differentiated under the present experimental conditions.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116883301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SEED DISPERSAL IN RELATION TO HABITAT IN THE GENUS PICRIS (COMPOSITAE) IN MEDITERRANEAN AND ARID REGIONS","authors":"S. Ellner, A. Shmida","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1984.10676983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1984.10676983","url":null,"abstract":"Inter- and intra-specific variations in seed dispersal in the genus Picris (Compositae) are reported and discussed in relation to mathematical theories of evolutionarily stable dispersal “strategies”. Two main trends are found: (1) seed dispersability is generally reduced in semi-arid and arid regions (compared with more mesic regions) by achene dimorphism in which marginal achenes are larger, lack a pappus, and are retained on the mother plant in unified involucral bracts; (2) dispersability is higher in arid than in semiarid regions, due to an increased frequency of wind-dispersal achenes in species restricted to desert washes. The latter trend is interpreted, on the basis of the mathematical theories, as an adaptation to the greater crowding and spatial variability of water availability in desert washes.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117009071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relative effectiveness of indigenous populations of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from four sites in the Negev","authors":"J. Dodd, J. Krikun, J. Haas","doi":"10.1080/0021213X.1983.10676959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1983.10676959","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi indigenous in the soil of the semi arid northern Negev of Israel greatly enhanced phosphorus (P) uptake of mycorrhizal pepper plants in three out of four soils tested and at four P levels. In a calcareous loess soil, additions of superphosphate equivalent to 3,000 kg ha−1 could not alleviate the absence of the VAM association. Increasing internal leaf P levels were correlated closely with a stimulation of flower bud production in pepper. Subsequent planting of onion in the same soils with no further P addition revealed the total dependency of this species on the VAM symbiosis. Mycorrhizal infection reduced by half the R/S ratios of onion plants, mainly by the enhancement of shoot growth. Results indicate the presence of a highly efficient VAM population in the loess soil. These findings are considered with regard to the evolution of the mycorrhizal association and its effect on plant morphology and physiological processes.","PeriodicalId":196860,"journal":{"name":"Israel journal of botany","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128433635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}