Table 7 Information of seed collection location, climate information, seed morphology, thousand seed weight and initial germination percentage of B. pilosa from three populations
Population | Longitude (E) | Latitude (N) | Altitude (m a.s.l) | Monthly mean high temp. (°C) | Monthly mean low temp. (°C) | Monthly rainfall (mm) | Annual mean temp (°C) | Annual mean rainfall (mm) | Seed length (mm) | Seed width (mm) | Awn length (mm) | 1000-seed weight (g) | Initial germination (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
Baoshan | 98°52′37″ | 24°58′32″ | 734 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 49.2 | 90.3 | 126.7 | 21.3 | 850 | 8.24 ± 0.28b | 0.76 ± 0.01a | 2.31 ± 0.06b | 1.11 ± 0.01a | 98.7 |
Guilin | 110°18′10″ | 25°04′10″ | 150 | 20 | 28 | 31 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 218.3 | 326.7 | 396.5 | 19.1 | 1750 | 9.20 ± 0.30a | 0.66 ± 0.01b | 2.69 ± 0.08a | 0.92 ± 0.08b | 99.3 |
Danzhou | 109°29′02″ | 19°30′26″ | 137 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 77.5 | 229.3 | 194.4 | 23.2 | 1816 | 8.60 ± 0.29ab | 0.70 ± 0.02b | 2.58 ± 0.09a | 1.18 ± 0.01a | 100.0 |