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Effect of host-bark extracts on seed germination in Tillandsia recurvata, an epiphytic bromeliad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2010

Susana Valencia-Díaz ,
Alejandro Flores-Palacios ,
Verónica Rodríguez-López ,
Elsa Ventura-Zapata  and
Antonio R. Jiménez-Aparicio
Susana Valencia-Díaz
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos (CEPROBI), Departamento de Biotecnología, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla Km 8.5, Col. San Isidro, C. P. 62273, Yautepec, Morelos, México
Alejandro Flores-Palacios*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIByC), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
Verónica Rodríguez-López
Affiliation:
Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
Elsa Ventura-Zapata
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos (CEPROBI), Departamento de Biotecnología, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla Km 8.5, Col. San Isidro, C. P. 62273, Yautepec, Morelos, México
Antonio R. Jiménez-Aparicio
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos (CEPROBI), Departamento de Biotecnología, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla Km 8.5, Col. San Isidro, C. P. 62273, Yautepec, Morelos, México
*
1Corresponding author. Email: alejandro.florez@uaem.mx
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Abstract:

Tree species are potential hosts for epiphytes; however in some forests epiphytes have a biased distribution among hosts. In a tropical dry forest of Mexico, previous research showed that there are trees with few epiphytes. It is possible that the bark of these hosts contain allelochemicals that influence epiphyte seed germination. The aims of this study were (1) to determine whether hosts with low epiphyte abundance (Ipomoea murucoides, I. pauciflora and Lysiloma acapulcense) would inhibit seed germination of Tillandsia recurvata through aqueous and organic bark extracts, (2) to determine whether germination of T. recurvata would differ among the hosts with low epiphyte abundance and a host with high epiphyte abundance (Bursera copallifera) and (3) to relate the chemical composition of organic bark extracts with inhibition of T. recurvata seed germination. Hexanic and dichloromethanic extracts were partially chemically characterized. Total phenolics and flavonoids concentrations of methanolic extracts were analysed. Aqueous and organic bark extracts from hosts with few epiphytes inhibited T. recurvata seed germination. Aqueous and dichloromethanic extracts of B. copallifera inhibited slightly the germination of T. recurvata. There was a positive correlation between concentration of flavonoids and inhibition of seed germination. Results suggest that a combination of compounds may be responsible for affecting the germination of T. recurvata. This study demonstrates the chemical effect of aqueous and organic bark extracts from hosts on germination of an epiphytic bromeliad.

Keywords

allelopathyBromeliaceaeBurseragerminationIpomoeatropical dry forest
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 571 - 581
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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