Trace gas emissions and smoke-induced germination
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Abstract
Dormant seeds of a California chaparral annual were induced to germinate by smoke or vapors emitted from smoke-treated sand or paper. Nitrogen oxides induced 100 percent germination in a manner similar to smoke. Smoke-treated water samples inducing germination were comparable in acidity and concentration of nitrate and nitrite to nitrogen dioxide (NO2)–treated samples. Vapors from smoke-treated and NO2-treated filter paper had comparable NO2flux rates. Chaparral wildfires generate sufficient nitrogen oxides from combustion of organic matter or from postfire biogenic nitrification to trigger germination of Emmenanthe penduliflora. Nitrogen oxide–triggered germination is not the result of changes in imbibition, as is the case with heat-stimulated seeds.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Trace gas emissions and smoke-induced germination |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.276.5316.1248 |
| Volume | 276 |
| Issue | 5316 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 1248 |
| Last page | 1250 |