The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Pattern of Spore Germination in Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.

Author

Mary Elizabeth Case, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Date of Award

3-1950

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Botany

Major Professor

Samuel Meyer

Committee Members

Lowell F. Bailey, Royal E. Shanks

Abstract

Introduction: In 1782 Hedwig published a morphological description of spore germination in mosses in his Fundamentum historiae naturalis muscorum frondosorum. Since then others (Schoene, 1906; Brown, 1919; Van der Wijk, 1932; Chalaud, 1932) have described spore germination in Funaria hygrometrica Hedw., the Cord Moss, reporting four general types of germination. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of ultraviolet radiation on the spore germination pattern of F. hygrometrica. No previous work is known on the effect of ultraviolet radiation on germination of moss spores.

Recommended Citation

Case, Mary Elizabeth, "The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Pattern of Spore Germination in Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1950.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2984