Dezfuli, Pegah Moradi and Sharif-zadeh, Farzad and Janmohammadi, Mohsen (2008) Influence of priming techniques on seed germination behavior of maize inbred lines (Zea mays L.). ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 3 (3). pp. 22-25.
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Abstract
A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the influence of seed priming techniques on germination and early growth of tow maize inbred lines which were include of B73 and MO17. Seeds were hydroprimed for 12, 24, 36 and 48 h, osmoprimed in urea solution and in solution of polyethylene glycol-6000(PEG- 6000) for 96 h (water potential -1.2MPa). Priming techniques affected seed germination and early growth of both inbred lines. Hydropriming resulted in lower time taken to 50% germination and higher germination index, vigor index and final germination percentage in both genotypes. Maximum invigoration was observed in seeds hydroprimed for 36 h as indicated by higher germination rate, radical length. Conversely, for most germination parameters osmoprimed seeds behaved similar to or even poor than that of control.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Seed Science and Technology, Faculty of Animal and Agronomy Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement Crop Improvement > Seed Technology |
| Divisions: | Maize |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2010 20:13 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Dec 2010 19:55 |
| Official URL: | http://www.arpnjournals.com/jabs/research_papers/r... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/947 |
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