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44959350017.Pdf Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN: 0034-7744 ISSN: 2215-2075 Universidad de Costa Rica Mamani, Godofredo; Soto, Héctor Chuquillanqui; Chumbiauca Mateo, Susana L.; Sahley, Catherine T.; Alonso, Alfonso; Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo Substrate, moisture, temperature and seed germination of the threatened endemic tree Eriotheca vargasii (Malvaceae) Revista de Biología Tropical, vol. 66, no. 3, July-September, 2018, pp. 1162-1170 Universidad de Costa Rica DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v66i3.29810 Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44959350017 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Substrate, moisture, temperature and seed germination of the threatened endemic tree Eriotheca vargasii (Malvaceae) Godofredo Mamani1, Héctor Chuquillanqui Soto2, Susana L. Chumbiauca Mateo3, Catherine T. Sahley2, Alfonso Alonso2 & Reynaldo Linares-Palomino2* 1. Grandes Montañas y Consultores SAC, Lima, Perú. 2. Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Calle Almirante Lord Cochrane 121, Dpto 9, San Isidro, 15073, Peru; [email protected] 3. Programa Especial de la Autoridad en Semillas, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria, Lima, Perú. * Correspondence Received 20-III-2017. Corrected 31-V-2018. Accepted 02-VII-2018. Abstract: We studied the germination of Eriotheca vargasii (Malvaceae), a poorly known endemic Peruvian Andean tree species characteristic of the dry forests of the Torobamba river valley, Peru. We determined seed characteristics, embryo morphology, viability, and assessed the influence of substrate (natural soil and com- mercially prepared media), temperature (controlled at 25 ºC and at ambient temperature between 18-22 ºC), and moisture (25 % and 50 % field capacity) on seed germination. Most seeds were ovoid in shape and although they contained well-developed embryos, only 46 % of them were viable. Substrate moisture levels had no influence on germination capacity or rate. In contrast, temperature and substrate type showed strong effects on germina- tion. We observed the highest proportion of germinated seeds in prepared media at both temperatures tested (> 61 %). Furthermore, substrate types also influenced germination rates, with lower values in natural soil. The strongest effect on germination rates was by temperature, enhancing the difference in responses in substrate types (up to 90 % in commercially prepared media at 25 ºC). The low proportion of germinated seeds in soil (< 39 %), together with external local stress factors (e.g. grazing impact by herbivores), may be the critical factors contributing to the nearly total absence of seedlings and saplings of E. vargasii in the study area despite abundant seed production. In order to ensure a supply of E. vargasii seedlings for reforestation efforts, we recommend pro- ducing E. vargasii plants in nurseries and conducting reforestation trials. We suggest that germination of seed- lings is done following guidelines from this study. Rev. Biol. Trop. 66(3): 1162-1170. Epub 2018 September 01. Key words: Andes; arid ecosystem; drought; seed morphology. Seedlings growing in the seasonally dry season to survive the following dry season tropics face challenging conditions such as (Moreira & Klink, 2000; García-Núñez & Azó- seasonal water deficits, high insolation, high car, 2004; Poorter & Markesteijn, 2008). Some temperatures and transpiration rates (Harms & species begin seed germination as soon as they Paine, 2003; García-Núñez, & Azócar, 2004). are dispersed, others maintain seeds viable Woody species growing in these habitats have in the seed bank and await more humid and thus developed several strategies to overcome favourable conditions (Dalling, 2002; Ceccon, such adverse conditions. For example, seed- Huante, & Rincón, 2006; Vieira, Lima, Sevilha, lings from most woody species from seasonally & Scariot, 2008), while some have intermittent dry vegetation in Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela germination (Murdoch & Ellis, 2000). are capable of rapidly accumulating root bio- The South American genus Eriotheca mass in the form of a strong taproot system or (Malvaceae-Bombacoideae) includes 24 spe- of water storage organs during their first rainy cies, most of which are characteristic trees of 1162 Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 66(3): 1162-1170, September 2018 seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) (Duarte, and in particular for those in the isolated inter- 2010). Members of this genus present a dehis- Andean valleys. cent ligneous capsule that opens at maturity There is clearly a need for better knowl- into five valves. The fruit contains a densely edge on seed germination and seedling estab- hairy whitish to reddish endocarp (kapok) lishment in SDTF in general, not only as a with numerous glabrous seeds (Duarte, 2010). means to understand key forest community The fruiting season for E. ruizii in the North- processes, but also to produce information for ern coastal SDTF has been reported between conservation and restoration efforts (Khurana July and December (Martos, Scarpati, Rojas, & Singh, 2001). SDTF are considered the most & Delgado, 2008). A similar phenology has threatened forest ecosystem globally, facing been noted for Eriotheca vargasii (R. Linares- intense fragmentation and land-conversion and Palomino, pers. obs.) a poorly known Andean making them a region-wide conservation prior- tree, endemic to the dry valley system of the ity (Banda et al., 2016). Therefore, with the Apurímac river and its tributaries in southern aims of 1) identifying if the seed germination Andean Peru (Reynel, Pennington, Penning- process in E. vargasii could be a factor to be ton, Marcelo, & Daza, 2003; León, 2006). In a considered in explaining the observed popula- recent survey to characterize the adult popula- tion structure of this tree species as reported tion of E. vargasii in a remnant dry forest patch above, 2) contributing to the seed ecology of in Ayacucho (inter-Andean Southern Peru), E. vargasii, and 3) providing recommendations Linares-Palomino (2013) did not find signs of for successful E. vargasii seed germination, we regeneration, nor a single juvenile individual. present here a study assessing its seed charac- Potential factors contributing to the lack of teristics, seed viability, and optimal conditions regeneration included the presence of livestock for germination in relation to substrate, ambi- (mainly goats), steep and fragile terrain, and ent temperature and moisture. intrinsic factors like pollination failure, insuf- ficient seed and fruit production, lack of seed dispersal and poor seedling establishment, or a MATERIALS AND METHODS combination thereof (Linares-Palomino, 2013). There is little information about the ecology Seed source and selection: We collected of members of this genus, less so about their dry mature fruits containing kapok and seeds seed and germination ecology, and all available from at least 40 different E. vargasii trees from knowledge comes from two Brazilian savanna the SDTF in the inter-Andean valley of the and rain forest species, respectively, E. gra- Torobamba River (Ayacucho, 2 300 masl) dur- cilipes and E. pentaphylla (Fischer, 1997; Mer- ing the dry season of August 2012, when Erio- cival, Lunardi, Guimarães, & Galetti, 2008; theca fruits are available (Fig. 1). These valleys Melo, Cavalcanti, Alves, Martins, & de Araújo, are characterized by hot (20-24 °C) and arid 2017). Non-dormant seeds and physical dor- (200-1 000 mm annual rainfall) conditions. The mancy due to a water-impermeable layer in study area receives 536 mm of annual rainfall the seed coat have both been reported for the (2 612 masl, San Miguel, Ayacucho), with 352 Malvaceae (Baskin & Baskin, 2001). The latter mm concentrated in the rainy season (Decem- seems to be a response of dry forest species to ber to March) (Servicio Nacional de Meteo- the dry season and rainfall variability (Baskin rología e Hidrología, 2012). Dry dehiscent & Baskin, 2001), but we are not aware of any fruits were collected directly from the trees, specific study reporting it for dry forest species placed in paper bags and maintained at ambi- of Eriotheca. While additional information on ent temperature. We separated the seeds from seed morphology has also been generated for E. the kapok and selected 1 700 seeds that (i) had ruizii (Alvarado & Gonzalez, 2009), there is a good physical condition (excluding shrivelled, dearth of information for all Eriotheca species, damaged seeds) and (ii) passed a flotation test Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 66(3): 1162-1170, September 2018 1163 weight measurements and a Leica LED2500 stereoscopic microscope (Leica Microsystems, Switzerland) for recording observations. Germination experiment: We randomly selected 1 200 additional seeds to assess the influence of three factors: substrate (soil ver- sus vermiculite), temperature (25 °C constant versus ambient between 18-22 °C) and mois- ture (humidity at 25 % versus 50 %), on ger- mination capacity (the total number of seeds germinated, expressed in percentages) and ger- mination rate (number of seeds germinated per day, expressed in percentages) (Ranal & Santana, 2006). This resulted in eight different treatment combinations, with three replicates for each treatment
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