Spitting type seed dispersal by domestic goat in the Zoochorial process of blackthorn plum

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dc.contributor.authorSahin, B.
dc.contributor.authorKar, S.
dc.contributor.authorSafak, Odabasi N.
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T17:43:30Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T17:43:30Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe blackthorn plum, Prunus spinosa L., has fruits with a stony endocarp. It is known that the germination of the Prunus species is long-lasting and challenging. Endozoochory, which is seed dispersal via ingestion by vertebrate animals, has been reported to break the dormancy in many plant species. In this study, a special zoochorial relationship, which was perceived to occur between domestic goats (Capra hircus) and P. spinosa, was investigated with regard to its various aspects. The pits spat by goats during rumination were examined microscopically and compared to the intact pits. The endocarp of pits from goats was seen to be superficially eroded, and the lignified cells were fragmented and broken. The average germination rates were detected in the five experimental groups for the 2018 and 2019 years, respectively, as it follows: 3.85% and 42.3% in the samples from goats with endocarp; 11.4% and 6.8% from goats without endocarp; 2.3% and 59.2% from the tree with endocarp; 3.9% and 9.6% from the tree without endocarp; and 0.8% and 80.0% in the samples sowed as whole dried fruit. A high germination rate and the shortness of the germination period for the first year reveal that the goats, as spitting type seed disperser, play an important supportive zoochorial role for the P. spinosa in nature. © 2021 Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.13133/2239-3129/16736
dc.identifier.endpage53
dc.identifier.issn0365-0812
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85105585575
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage43
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.13133/2239-3129/16736
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/12430
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Rome La Sapienza
dc.relation.ispartofAnnali di Botanica
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectBlackthorn
dc.subjectGermination
dc.subjectGoat
dc.subjectPrunus spinosa
dc.subjectZoochory
dc.titleSpitting type seed dispersal by domestic goat in the Zoochorial process of blackthorn plum
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