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However, there is limited information about seed germination requirements and tolerance to salinity and drought for representative\n                    <jats:italic>Salsola<\/jats:italic>\n                    species. This study aimed to assess the effects of the winged perianth (seed structural features) and abiotic factors (light, temperature, salinity, and drought) on the seed germination of these species. These\n                    <jats:italic>Salsola<\/jats:italic>\n                    species varied considerably in seed germination characteristics. Compared with naked seeds, winged seeds had lower germination percentages for\n                    <jats:italic>S. heptapotamica S. rosacea<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>S. nitraria<\/jats:italic>\n                    species. Darkness decreased the germination percentage of winged and naked seeds of\n                    <jats:italic>S. rosacea<\/jats:italic>\n                    , however, for\n                    <jats:italic>S. heptapotamica<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>S. nitraria<\/jats:italic>\n                    , decreased seed germination was only when the winged perianth existed. Germination of\n                    <jats:italic>S. heptapotamica, S. rosacea<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>S. nitraria<\/jats:italic>\n                    seeds depended on the perianth and light conditions. The naked seeds of these three species could germinate at a wide range of temperatures, especially in light. The presence of perianth, light, and temperature did not significantly influence the germination of\n                    <jats:italic>S. ruthenica<\/jats:italic>\n                    seeds. When cultivating these species, it is beneficial to remove the winged perianth of seeds and sow it on the soil surface when the temperature is above 5\/15\u00b0C. In addition, seed germination of\n                    <jats:italic>Salsola<\/jats:italic>\n                    displayed high tolerance to salinity and drought. Compared with winged seeds, naked seeds showed lower recovery germination under high salinity but had a similar recovery of germination under high PEG concentration. Our study provides detailed germination information for the cultivation of these four representative\n                    <jats:italic>Salsola<\/jats:italic>\n                    species in degraded saline soils of the arid zone.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2022.892667","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]],"date-time":"2022-05-19T09:35:44Z","timestamp":1652952944000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Seed Germination Response and Tolerance to Different Abiotic Stresses of Four Salsola Species Growing in an Arid Environment"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Pengyou","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weikang","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhibin","family":"Wen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"764","DOI":"10.1016\/j.flora.2009.10.003","article-title":"Tolerance and recovery responses of playa halophytes to light, salinity and temperature stresses during seed germination","volume":"205","author":"Ahmed","year":"2010","journal-title":"Flora"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"200","DOI":"10.1007\/s11738-018-2771-z","article-title":"Drought tolerance and germination response to light and temperature for seeds of saline and non-saline habitats of the habitat-indifferent desert halophyte Suaeda vermiculata","volume":"40","author":"Al-Shamsi","year":"2018","journal-title":"Acta Physiol. 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