Evaluation of seed priming on germination of Gladiolus alatus
| Autor: | Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Salman Mushtaq, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Syed Zia Ul Hasan, Rizwan Rafique, Muhammad Ali, Misbah Rasheed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
biology
Priming hydropriming gladiolus germination Potassium nitrate Priming (agriculture) biology.organism_classification Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Seed priming chemistry.chemical_compound Horticulture Agronomy Gladiolus alatus chemistry Germination Genetics Gladiolus Agronomy and Crop Science Molecular Biology Growth room Completely randomized design Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Biotechnology; Vol 11, No 52 (2012); 11520-11523 |
| ISSN: | 1684-5315 |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ajb12.1158 |
| Popis: | Seed priming improves seed performance under environmental conditions. The study was designed to evaluate the effect of different priming treatments on germination behavior of Gladiolus alatus. The experiment was conducted under complete randomized design (CRD) with four replications. Seed priming was done with different concentration of potassium nitrate (KNO 3 ) and hydropriming. All the treatments had significant effect on germination percentage, germination test in growth room, time for 50% germination and mean germination time. Results show that maximum invigoration was observed in seeds osmoprimed at lower concentrations of KNO 3 and with hydropriming while minimum invigoration was observed at higher concentration of KNO 3- . It was concluded that germination percentage can be increased by using lower concentrations of KNO 3 and with hydropriming. Key words: Priming, hydropriming, gladiolus, germination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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