@article{MAKHILLJAVA20121193383,
    title = {Influence of Salinity and Temperature on the Germination of <I>Haloxylon ammodendron</I> and <I>Ceratoides arborescens</I>},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {11},
    number = {9},
    pages = {1306-1311},
    year = {2012},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2012.1306.1311},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2012.1306.1311},
    author = {Xian-Guo,Jian-Guo,Pei-Sheng Mao,Jian-Guo Han,Xiang-Ge Du,Li Zhao and},
    keywords = {recovery germination,China,NaCl,desert,salt stress,Xerophyte},
    abstract = {The effects of salinity and temperature on germination of <I>Haloxylon ammodendron</I> and<I> Ceratoides arborescens</I> were investigated in arid, saline areas in the North West of China. Seeds were exposed to salt solutions containing 0-700 mM (mmol L<SUP>-1</SUP>) of NaCl and at constant temperatures of 10, 15, 25 and 35&deg;C (in the dark). After seeds had been thus treated for 7 days, any ungerminated seeds were transferred to distilled water for a further 7 days to investigate the recovery of germinability. The data indicate that the germination percentage of two species was not affected by relatively low salinities at 10, 15, 25 and 35&deg;C but that it was severely inhibited at high salinity; the optimum temperature for germination was 15&deg;C for two species; recovery germination was significantly higher from high salinity than from low salinity for <I> H. ammodendron </I> and<I> C. arborescens </I>at 10-25&deg;C, <I>H. ammodendron </I>seeds are able to maintain their viability during exposure to high NaCl (700 mM) and high temperatures (35&deg;C) and to recover their germination after transfer to distilled water; germination of <I>C. arborescens</I> seeds is permanently inhibited after exposure to high NaCl and to high temperature.}
    }