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<journal-id>2007-4298</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Botanical Sciences]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bot. sci]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4298</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Botánica de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-42982016000200221</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17129/botsci.457</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Effects of wetting and drying cycles on the germination of nine species of the Chihuahuan desert]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efecto de los ciclos de hidratación y deshidratación en la germinación de nueve especies del Desierto Chihuahuense]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Contreras-Quiroz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariana del Rocío]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pando-Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marisela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jurado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Ciencias Forestales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Linares Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>94</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>221</fpage>
<lpage>228</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-42982016000200221&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-42982016000200221&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-42982016000200221&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Plants from drylands have developed strategies to germinate even in places where available humidity is sporadic with large periods of drought. Previous works determined germination of cacti species as a response to discontinuous humidity events (&#8220;seed hydration memory&#8221;). This study is aimed at assessing whether species of the Chihuahuan Desert show a seed hydration memory. Our hypothesis is that seeds of desert species can tolerate periods of dehydration after single or multiple hydration events and subsequently germinate more and faster. We evaluated nine species: Atriplex canescens, Cucurbita foetidissima, Echinocactus platyacanthus, Ferocactus pilosus, Lepidium virginicum, Lesquerella berlandieri, Nassella tenuissima, Sartwellia mexicana, and Yucca filifera, using four treatments: T1 = 24 hours hydration/5 days dehydration (HD), T2 = Three consecutive cycles of 24 hours hydration/5 days dehydration, T3 = 72 hours hydration/5 d dehydration, and T4 = Control. Echinocactus platyacanthus, N. tenuissima, F. pilosus, and L. virginicum showed higher germination with HD treatments than the control. Ferocactus pilosus and L. virginicum had the highest germination in T2, N. tenuissima in T3, E. platyacanthus in any HD treatment while Yucca filifera in the control and T2. Yucca filifera and F. pilosus had the lowest germination rate (t  50 ) in T2; E. platyacanthus in T1 and T2. The remaining species didn&#8217;t show differences in t  50 between treatments. These results indicate that at least some desert species germinate more and faster after single or multiple hydration-dehydration events showing the ability of those seeds to retain, during dehydration, the physiological changes produced from seed hydration.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las especies de zonas áridas han desarrollado estrategias para germinar con poca humedad disponible y prolongadas sequías. Se ha reportado que algunas cactáceas responden a eventos de humedad discontinuos (&#8220;memoria de hidratación&#8221;). Aquí se evaluó si semillas de especies del Desierto Chihuahuense presentan &#8220;memoria de hidratación&#8221;. Nuestra hipótesis es que las semillas de especies del desierto pueden tolerar periodos de deshidratación después de eventos de hidratación simples o múltiples y germinar más y más rápido. Se evaluaron nueve especies: Atriplex canescens, Cucurbita foetidissima, Echinocactus platyacanthus, Ferocactus pilosus, Lepidium virginicum, Lesquerella berlandieri, Nassella tenuissima, Sartwellia mexicana, y Yucca filifera, con los siguientes tratamientos: T1 = 24 horas hidratación/5 días deshidratación (HD), T2 = Tres ciclos consecutivos de 24 horas hidratación/5 días deshidratación, T3 = 72 h hidratación/5 días deshidratación y T4 = Testigo. Echinocactus platyacanthus, N. tenuissima, F. pilosus y L. virginicum presentaron mayor germinación con HD que con el testigo. Ferocactus pilosus y L. virginicum tuvieron la mayor germinación con T2, N. tenuissima con T3, E. platyacanthus con cualquiera de los tratamientos de HD y Y. filifera con el testigo y T2. Yucca filifera y F. pilosus mostraron la menor tasa de germinación (t  50 ) en T2 y E. platyacanthus con T1 y T2. El resto de las especies no presentaron diferencias. Estos resultados indican que al menos algunas especies del desierto germinan más y más rápido después de eventos simples o múltiples de hidratación-deshidratación evidenciando su habilidad para mantener, durante la deshidratación, los cambios fisiológicos producidos por la hidratación.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[desert plants]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[kinetics of water]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seed hydration memory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[t 50]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cinética del agua]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[memoria de hidratación de semilla]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[plantas desérticas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[t 50]]></kwd>
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