%0 Journal Article
%T Seed Vigor Variation of <i>Agave durangensis</i> Gentry (Agavaceae)
%A Gerardo Barriada-Bernal
%A Norma Almaraz-Abarca
%A Tzahyri Gallardo-Vel¨¢zquez
%A Isabel Torres-Mor¨¢n
%A Yolanda Herrera-Arrieta
%A Socorro Gonz¨¢lez-Elizondo
%A Eli Amanda Delgado-Alvarado
%J American Journal of Plant Sciences
%P 2227-2239
%@ 2158-2750
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajps.2013.411276
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Agave durangensis</span></i><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> propagates basically by seeds. This
species is economically important because it supports a mescal industry in
Durango, Mexico. At present, its exploitation is overall by collecting plants
from the wild populations. In order to reduce the negative impact of the
collection in the natural populations of </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A.
durangensis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and to improve the mescal industry, it is necessary to
establish plantations with selected seeds for a high vigor. In this paper, the
variation in morphological features, physiological behavior of germination, and
biochemical indicators of seed vigor among three natural populations of </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A. durangensis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> was assessed. Variation was
found in the seed weight (0.68 to 1.15 mg/seed), seed dimensions (3.51</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡Á</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">5.29 to 4.62</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡Á</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">5.92
mm), germinability reduction at 15<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã</span></span>C related to 25<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã</span>C (4</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">%</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> to 51%), germination rate
at 25<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã</span>C (44.0 to 48.5 seeds/day) and at 15<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã</span>C (5.17 to 6.77 seeds/day),
development reduction at 15<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã</span>C related to 25<span style=\"font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;\">¡ã</span>C (86.66</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">%</span><span
%K Agave Durangensis
%K Seed Vigor
%K Germinability
%K Natural Variation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=39595