Temperature effects on germination of Trifolium balansae and T. resupinatum with special reference to high-temperature dormancy

1994 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 689 ◽  
Author(s):  
PI Jansen ◽  
RL Ison

The effect of temperature on germination of the annual pasture legumes Trifolium balansae and T. resupinaturn was investigated. Seed of T. resupinatum lines SA 12240, SA 14433 (from South Australia), C1Z1Res-B, CPI (Commonwealth Plant Introduction number) 026202-3, CPI 026205-2, CPI 027376-2, SA 14433 (from Western Australia), SA 18904, SA 18922, SA 19851 and CPI 045887-2 and cvv. Kyambro and Maral and T. balansae cv. Paradana and lines CPI 045856-1, CPI 045856-4 and AZ 2326 was germinated at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35�C. T. subterraneum cv. Junee was included for comparison. It was found that germination in all lines except Maral was reduced at 35�C, whereas at 30�C germination was reduced significantly in all lines except Maral, ClZlRes-B, CPI 026202-3, CPI 026205-2, CPI 027376-2, SA 19851 and CPI 045887-2. Germination at 35OC in T. resupinaturn was related to thousand seed weight with the equation: Germination = -31.19+92-39 thousand seed weight (r2 = 0.76). In order to determine the mechanism responsible for the failure of seed to germinate at temperatures above 25�C, seed of T. resupinatum lines SA 12240 and SA 14433 and Maral and T. balansae cv. Paradana was allowed to germinate at temperatures of 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50�C for 8 h, 1, 2, 5 and 10 days after which they were placed at 15� C for 10 days. It was found that temperatures in the 30-40�C temperature range inhibited germination in all lines except Maral, but the same seed germinated readily when placed at 15�C. This seed was considered to possess an enforced high-temperature dormancy. Seed of all lines exposed to 45 and 50�C for longer than 8 h died, but at 8 h final germination was unaffected. It was concluded that high-temperature dormancy could play a role in preventing seed from germinating in the case of a false break. It was proposed that lines should be screened for high-temperature dormancy.

1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
SM Bellairs ◽  
DT Bell

The germination responses of 10 species (Acacia blakelyi, A. pulchella, Allocasuarina humilis, Beaufortia elegans, Conostylis neocymosa, Eucalyptus tetragona, Kennedia prostrata, Leptospermum spinescens, Melaleuca acerosa and Xanthorrhoea drummondii) to constant temperatures ranging from 5 to 35� C were studied. These Western Australian perennial species had optimum germination percentages between 15 and 20�C, except Eucalyptus tetragona which had an optimum at 25�C and Leptospermum spinescens which had an optimum at 10�C. Seeds were transferred from high and low temperatures to 15�C to determine whether high or low temperatures induced dormancy. Low temperatures tended not to affect subsequent germination but high temperature decreased subsequent germination for some species. Wetting and drying stimulated the germination of Acacia blakelyi, A. pulchella and Kennedia prostrata seeds.


2011 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangling Fang ◽  
Dennis Phillips ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam ◽  
Martin J. Barbetti

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 103-124
Author(s):  
Gemma Tulud Cruz

Christian missionaries played an important role in the Australian nation building that started in the nineteenth century. This essay explores the multifaceted and complex cultural encounters in the context of two aboriginal missions in Australia in the nineteenth century. More specifically, the essay explores the New Norcia mission in Western Australia in 1846-1900 and the Lutheran mission in South Australia in 1838-1853. The essay begins with an overview of the history of the two missions followed by a discussion of the key faces of the cultural encounters that occurred in the course of the missions. This is followed by theological reflections on the encounters in dialogue with contemporary theology, particularly the works of Robert Schreiter.


2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-298
Author(s):  
Peter Congdon

Constitutional systems of Westminster heritage are increasingly moving towards fixed-term parliaments to, amongst other things, prevent the Premier or Prime Minister opportunistically calling a ‘snap election’. Amongst the Australian states, qualified fixed-term parliaments currently exist in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia have also deliberated over whether to establish similar fixed-term parliaments. However, manner and form provisions in those states' constitutions entrench the Parliament's duration, Governor's Office and dissolution power. In Western Australia and Queensland, unlike Tasmania, such provisions are doubly entrenched. This article considers whether these entrenching provisions present legal obstacles to constitutional amendments establishing fixed-term parliaments in those two states. This involves examining whether laws fixing parliamentary terms fall within section 6 of the Australia Acts 1986 (Cth) & (UK). The article concludes by examining recent amendments to the Electoral Act 1907 (WA) designed to enable fixed election dates in Western Australia without requiring a successful referendum.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Yujie Meng ◽  
Hejia Song ◽  
Ran Niu ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Although exposure to air pollution has been linked to many health issues, few studies have quantified the modification effect of temperature on the relationship between air pollutants and daily incidence of influenza in Ningbo, China. Methods The data of daily incidence of influenza and the relevant meteorological data and air pollution data in Ningbo from 2014 to 2017 were retrieved. Low, medium and high temperature layers were stratified by the daily mean temperature with 25th and 75th percentiles. The potential modification effect of temperature on the relationship between air pollutants and daily incidence of influenza in Ningbo was investigated through analyzing the effects of air pollutants stratified by temperature stratum using distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). Stratified analysis by sex and age were also conducted. Results Overall, a 10 μg/m3 increment of O3, PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 could increase the incidence risk of influenza with the cumulative relative risk of 1.028 (95% CI 1.007, 1.050), 1.061 (95% CI 1.004, 1.122), 1.043 (95% CI 1.003, 1.085), and 1.118 (95% CI 1.028, 1.216), respectively. Male and aged 7–17 years were more sensitive to air pollutants. Through the temperature stratification analysis, we found that temperature could modify the impacts of air pollution on daily incidence of influenza with high temperature exacerbating the impact of air pollutants. At high temperature layer, male and the groups aged 0–6 years and 18–64 years were more sensitive to air pollution. Conclusion Temperature modified the relationship between air pollution and daily incidence of influenza and high temperature would exacerbate the effects of air pollutants in Ningbo.


2021 ◽  
pp. 136571272110022
Author(s):  
Jennifer Porter

The common law test of voluntariness has come to be associated with important policy rationales including the privilege against self-incrimination. However, when the test originated more than a century ago, it was a test concerned specifically with the truthfulness of confession evidence; which evidence was at that time adduced in the form of indirect oral testimony, that is, as hearsay. Given that, a century later, confession evidence is now mostly adduced in the form of an audiovisual recording that can be observed directly by the trial judge, rather than as indirect oral testimony, there may be capacity for a different emphasis regarding the question of admissibility. This article considers the law currently operating in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia to see whether or not, in the form of an audiovisual recording, the exercise of judicial discretion as to the question of the admissibility of confession evidence might be supported if the common law test of voluntariness was not a strict test of exclusion.


2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan H. Ferguson ◽  
Shane M. Powell ◽  
Ian Snape ◽  
John A.E. Gibson ◽  
Peter D. Franzmann

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