Northward expansion of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) in Laguna Madre is occurring faster than can be explained by rhizome growth. We hypothesized that seedling establishment can account for the measured rates of meadow expansion and that seedling carbohydrate reserves are utilized until the plant is photosynthetically self-sufficient. To address seedling establishment, we estimated seed o...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Artemisia halodendron is a native sub-shrub that occurs mainly in moving and semi-fixed sandy lands in Inner Mongolia, China. Information on the spatial patterns of wind-dispersed seed deposition and seedling recruitment of A. halodendron inhabiting moving sandy lands is very limited. The aim of this study was to examine wind-dispersed seed deposition patterns and post-dispe...

While many studies focus on the persistence of coastal wetlands under climate change, similar predictions are lacking for new wetland establishment, despite being critical to restoration. Recent experiments revealed that marsh seedling establishment is driven by a balance between physical disturbance bed-level dynamics and root stability. Using machine learning, we quantitatively translate such...

there are several methods to increase crops yield, including use of high quality seeds. seed priming is a simple and low-cost method to increase seed quality, if be done right, will lead to increasing plant performance and yield. seed priming treatment applied before planting to enhance germination parameters, seedling establishment and etc. primed seeds get some physiological and biochemical c...

initial growth of quercus castaneifolia (c.a.meyer.) seedling in competition with rubus fructicosus l. was investigated in a caspian lowland intervened forest located in noor city, north of iran. the research was conducted as factorial experiment in three replications. for this purpose, seedlings of 3 and 5 mm in collar diameter (cd) were planted in areas a (covered with rubus), b (without rubu...