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doi: 10.4129/CNS2008.057
Citazione
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Autori - Authors R. SALVATORE (*) - R. LOVREGLIO (*) - D. MOYA (**) - L. PULIDO (**) - J. DE LAS HERAS (**) - V. LEONE (*) (*) Dipartimento di Scienze dei Sistemi Colturali, Forestali e dell’Ambiente, Università della Basilicata, Potenza (**)
Departamento de Producción Vegetal. Escuela Técnica Superior de
Ingenieros Agrónomos de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,
Albacete, España Titolo: COME
INFLUISCONO LE ALTE TEMPERATURE SVILUPPATE IN UN INCENDIO SUI
CONI E SUI SEMI DI PINUS HALEPENSIS
MILL.?
Parole chiave: Pinus halepensis Mill., silicio, serotinia, trasmissione di calore. Key words: Pinus halepensis Mill., serotiny, Si content, heat transport.
Riassunto
Summary Paper
addresses: -
the
thermal raise inside serotinous (S) and non-serotinous (NS) strobila of Pinus
halepensis Mill. and germination rates of their seeds exposed to
different temperature-exposure time sets (respectively 250º C for 1’
and 3’; 400ºC for 1’ and 3’); -
amount
and types of chemical elements present on the tegument’s surface of
seeds extracted from the two types of strobila. Temperatures
inside strobila at different positions were measured in continuous, at one
second intervals, by thermocouples. Results
highlight that final temperature at axis level are always more reduced
than temperatures at scales level, as expected and that heat transport is
higher in S than NS cones, consequently exerting a stronger influence on
seeds of such type, which, on the other hand, is balanced by an higher
germination value of seeds. Through
SEM-EDS electronic microscope, the thickness of the tegument was measured
and, in addition, mineral elements were evaluated. Seeds of both types
were prepared according McDowell and Trump (1976). Type and amount of
chemicals present on the teguments was evaluated through EDS microanalysis
and LinkISIS OXFORD programme. Seeds
from S cones result richer in Ca and Si, whereas seeds from NS ones are
richer in Mg, K, S. Si creates on the tegument’s surface a mechanical
layer made of globular crystals of SiO2 which presumably reduce
flammability of tissues, since Si inhibits the combustion process
prolonging the endothermic phase.
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