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Accepted Manuscript Effect of salinity on seed germination, growth and ion content in dimorphic seeds of Salicornia europaea L. (Chenopodiaceae) N.S. Orlovsky, U.N. Japakova, H.F. Zhang, S. Volis PII:

S2468-2659(16)30072-5

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10.1016/j.pld.2016.06.005

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Plant Diversity

Received Date: 7 March 2016 Revised Date:

27 June 2016

Accepted Date: 29 June 2016

Please cite this article as: Orlovsky, N.S., Japakova, U.N., Zhang, H.F., Volis, S., Effect of salinity on seed germination, growth and ion content in dimorphic seeds of Salicornia europaea L. (Chenopodiaceae), Plant Diversity (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2016.06.005. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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Effect of salinity on seed germination, growth and ion content in dimorphic

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seeds of Salicornia europaea L. (Chenopodiaceae)

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Orlovsky N.S.1, Japakova U.N.2, Zhang H.F.1, Volis S.3*

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1. The J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,

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POB 84990, Israel

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2. Scientific Center of Plant production "Botanika" of Uzbek Academy of Sciences, 2 F.

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Khodjaev Str., 700143, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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3. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of

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Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, China

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* corresponding author

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Key words: dimorphic seeds, germination, ion content, recovery, salinity

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Abstract

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The halophyte Salicornia europaea L. is a widely distributed salt-tolerant plant species

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that produces numerous dimorphic seeds. We studied germination and recovery in

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dimorphic seeds of Central Asian S. europaea under various salinity conditions. We

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also tested the effects of various salts on Na+ and K+ accumulation during plant 1

ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT development from germination to anthesis under greenhouse conditions. We found good

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germination (close to control) of large seeds under NaCl between 0.5 and 2%, Na2SO4

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and 2NaCl+KCl+CaCl between 0.5 and 3%, and 2Na2SO4+K2SO4+MgSO4 between 0.5

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and 5%. For the small seeds, we found stimulating effects of chloride salts (both pure

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and mixed) under 0.5-1% concentrations, and sulfate salts under 0.5-3%. Both types of

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seeds showed high germination recovery potential. Salt tolerance limits of the two seed

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types during germination and at the later stages of development were very similar (4-

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5%). During plant growth the optimal concentrations of mixed chloride and sulfate salts

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ranged from 0.5 – 2%. The mechanisms of salt tolerance in the two seed types of S.

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europaea appear to differ, but complement each other, improving overall adaptation of

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this species to high salinity.

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Key words: dimorphic seeds, germination, salinity, recovery, ion content

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1. Introduction

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The annual halophyte Salicornia europaea L. almost ubiquitously occupies inland

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salt marshes of the globe. This species has long attracted interest due to its high salt

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tolerance, reclamation potential, and high pharmaceutical and culinary value (Ungar,

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1962; Waisel, 1972; Keiffer et al., 2001).

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S. europaea reproduces sexually and produces a large number of dimorphic

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seeds that differ in size and plant position. A median, larger seed (seed type 1) is located

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in the central part of the nodal segment, while smaller seeds (seed type 2) are located on

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both sides of the nodal segment just beneath the large seed. Ungar (1979) demonstrated

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that large central seeds are more salt tolerant. These two seed types demonstrate

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species survival in unpredictable arid conditions (Philipupillai and Ungar, 1984).

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Philipupillai and Ungar (1984) have also suggested that more dormant lateral seeds of S.

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europaea are important for maintaining a long term viable soil seed bank. This

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suggestion is supported by experiments in which lateral and median seeds of S.

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europaea showed germination percentage of 68.6% and 0%, respectively, after 9 years

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of storage in paper bags under room temperature (Orlovsky, unpublished).

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Seed heteromorphism in halophytes is considered an adaptation to harsh and

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unpredictable desert environments, whereby two seed morphs germinate under different

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environmental conditions (Song et al., 2008; Gul et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2015;

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Ameixa et al., 2016).

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Previous research has found that S. europaea seeds germinate at low levels when

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treated with NaCl solutions between 1 and 5%, while germination levels are close to

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the controls (distilled water) when treated at or below 1% NaCl (Ungar, 1977).

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However, it is not known whether the two seed types in S. europea have different salt

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tolerance limits.

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Many halophytes show differential ecotypic response to salinity during

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germination (e.g. Francois, 1976; Semushina et al., 1979; Pujol et al., 2000; Qu et al.,

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2007). Differential salt compositions in the soil can lead to the formation of halophyte

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ecotypes. For example, morphologically distinct ecotypes have been detected among

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three populations of S. europaea in Ohio (USA) inhabiting soils with different salinity

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types (Ungar, 1987).

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Often, soil salinity types are not pure, but mixed. Central Asian salinized soils are

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often mixed, commonly including chlorides (chlorides of Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+

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prevail), sulfates, chloride-sulfates, as well as others (Lobova, 1967). Mixed salts inhibit

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seed germination less severely than pure salts (Tobe, Li and Omasa, 2004; Orlovsky et 3

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al. 2011). Dimorphic seeds respond differently to salt types and salt concentrations at

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various stages of plant development (Ungar, 1978). Therefore, studying germination

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and growth of S. europaea exposed to different salt types and concentrations may

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provide insights into the adaptive importance of seed dimorphism in this species. S. europaea is an obligate halophyte with very high recovery potential (Waisel,

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1972). Keiffer and Ungar (1997) showed that hypersaline conditions can stimulate seed

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germination in distilled water. Unfortunately, previous studies have not examined

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differential responses of the two seed types. Despite their lower salt tolerance, we

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hypothesize that lateral seeds of S. europaea have the same recovery capacity as median

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seeds.

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Our experiments differ from those of Ungar (1979) and Philipupillai and Ungar

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(1984) in several aspects. The above authors analyzed a response of two seed morphs of

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S. europaea only to NaCl and only at the seed stage. The focus of this study was to

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understand how variations in salinity affect dimorphic seed germination and plant

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growth. We treated S. europaea seeds with four different salts at a range of

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concentrations (1) to examine germination and recovery in dimorphic seeds of S.

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europaea under various salinity conditions, and (2) to test the effects of various salts on

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Na+ and K+ accumulation during seedling development.

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2. Materials and methods

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The mature fruits of S. europaea were collected from a natural population

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located in the north-eastern part of Turkmenistan within the Amudarya river basin

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(Dashoguz oasis) in November 2002. The interannual average temperature in January

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and July is -4 and 27°С, respectively. Summer is long and hot; winter is mild with

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moderate frosts lasting more than three months. The maximum air temperature can 4

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reach +46°С. Anual rainfall is 100-115 mm with major rainy events from November to

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May. During June-October precipitation represents only about 7-9% of the annual

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rainfall (Orlovsky, 1994). The fruits were stored in paper bags under +6°C. Germination experiments started

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in June 2004, after 1.5 years of storage. The fruits were classified as suggested by

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Ungar (1979) into two size categories: large (>1.5 mm) and small (