황산처리를 이용한 개싸리 종자의 물리적 휴면 타파 = Breaking Physical Dormancy with Sulfuric Acid in Seeds of Lespedeza tomentosa (Thunb.) Siebold ex Maxim

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Lespedeza species are mainly used for wildlife food and cover and for erosion control. The germination of these species can be enhanced after a fire occurrence in forest, which is known as fire-activated seeds to germinate. While the heat treatment could break seed dormancy of Lespedeza, its germination rate was quite low. We investigated that chemical scarification could promote germination of L. tomentosa. Seeds were soaked in 100% sulfuric acid (H2SO4) for 0, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, and 384 min, and then washed in distilled water for 24 h. Very few seeds were germinated in control (H2SO4 for 0 min). More than 90% of seeds were germinated in H2SO4 for 24, 48, and 92 min. However, some damage was observed in roots and cotyledons of seedling dipped in H2SO4 for a long time. To search the optimal soaking time in H2SO4 without defects, seeds scarified in H2SO4 for 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, and 300 min were sown the commercial soil medium. Seeds treated with H2SO4 for 90 min and 150 min emerged by about 92% and 84%, respectively. Therefore, H2SO4 treatment could break the seed dormancy of Lespedeza species, and especially in case of L. tomentosa the optimal treatment time in sulfuric acid was one to two hours. Germination of L. tomentosa began promptly following the scarification and was completed within about one month, indicating that seeds has no physiological dormancy, just has physical dormancy.
Key words - Fabaceae, Germination, Germination uniformity, Scarification, Seedling emergence

국문 초록 (Abstract)

싸리속(Lespedeza)식물은 가축사료, 제방 녹화용 등으로 활용되는 자원식물이다. 이들 종자는 산지의 화재 이후에 발아, 출현하는 fire species로 알려져 있다. 선행연구에서 이런 점을 착안하여 인위적으로 열을 가했을 때 발아가 되었으나 발아율이 낮고 처리가 용이하지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구는 개싸리 종자를 황산처리하여 화학적으로 종피처리하여 발아율을 높이기 위해 수행되었다. 개싸리 종자를 98% 황산에 0, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384분 동안 침지시키고 흐르는 물에 24시간 동안씻었다. 황산처리를 하지 않은 대조구의 경우 거의 발아가 되지않았지만, 황산처리 기간이 길어질수록 개싸리의 발아율이 증가하였다. 황산 24, 48, 92분 처리에서 90% 이상 발아가 되었다. 그러나 장기간 황산처리시 발아된 유근에 황산피해가 관찰되었다. 기외 실험에서 황산처리 후 건전묘 출현을 알아보기 위해 황산 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 300분을 처리한 원예상토가충진된 트레이에 파종하고 비닐온실에서 발아율을 측정하였다.
황산 90분, 150분 처리에서 발아율은 각각 92%, 84%였으나 이보다 더 긴 기간 동안 처리하였을 때 출현율이 떨어졌다. 따라서개싸리의 발아를 위한 황산 최적시간은 1~2시간으로 판단된다.
개싸리는 종피처리 이후 바로 발아가 시작되어 대부분 1달 이내에 발아가 완료되었으며, 이는 개싸리 종자는 생리적 휴면은 없는 물리적 휴면을 가지고 있음을 알 수 있다.

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