Effect of exogenous hormones and chilling on dormancy breaking of seed of Asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida L.)
| Autor: | M. Ebrahimi, M. Otroshy, M. Khodambashi, P.C. Struik, A. Zamani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Seed dormancy food and beverages Plant Science Horticulture Biology PE&RC chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Chilling requirement Germination Botany Dormancy Life Science Kinetin Leerstoelgroep Gewas- en onkruidecologie Medicinal plants Crop and Weed Ecology Agronomy and Crop Science Gibberellic acid Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Research Journal of Seed Science 2 (2009) 1 Research Journal of Seed Science, 2(1), 9-15 |
| ISSN: | 1819-3552 |
| Popis: | Asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida L.) is a medicinal plant with a problematic seed germination. Seeds of this plant have a long dormancy. The present research was carried out to investigate whether exogenous application of the hormones Gibberellic Acid (GA3), N6-furfurylaminopurine (kinetin) and 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), alone or in combinations and chilling (for 0 or 28 days) could be used to alleviate the problem of dormancy. Germination was increased from 53.3% in a medium free of any hormones to 74.4% in a medium supplemented with 0.25 mg L-1 BAP. This was the only single hormone treatment giving a statistically significant increase in germination. Chilling increased germination from 37.5% (0 days of chilling) to 82.9% (28 days of chilling). Combining exogenous application of 0.25 mg L-1 BAP with 28 day chilling even gave more than 90% seed germination. Present findings suggest that seeds germination of Asafoetida can be greatly improved by combining chilling with BAP application |
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