Temperature and soil nutrients drive seed traits variation in Pterocarpus erinaceus (African rosewood) in Ghana.

ABSTRACT: Among plant populations, variation in seed traits has important consequences on species recruitment and performance under different environmental conditions. Knowing such variations and understanding its environmental drivers could help with conservation efforts that protect against the loss of diversity. This information is however lacking in the extinction-threatened Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir (African rosewood) in Ghana. Here, we assessed variation in seed set, seed morphological and chemical traits, germinability, and seedling growth of African rosewood from four distant provenances (Tumu, Wa, Carpenter, and Ejura) in Ghana. We sought to answer how local environmental conditions influence the expression of seed traits by examining the relationship between seed traits and materna

SUBMITTER: Ansah PB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423977 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature