salinity and drought stress are among the common environmental factors which adversely affect germination and growth of plants. this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of salinity and drought stress on turnip seed germination and early growth in seed lab of college of agriculture, university of tehran, during 2010. the experimental design was a complete randomized block with three...

The inhibitory activity of aqueous extracts of field-grown sorghum (Sorghum bicolor cv. Bird-a-boo) herbage and roots was quantitatively indexed by three aspects of cumulative cress (Lepidium sativum cv. Curlycress) seed germination: the germination onset; weighted mean rate; and final germination percentage. Extract potency was greatest for herbage collected four weeks after planting but decli...

The main objective of this study was to determine the allelopathic impact of dominant species (Calamagrostis epigeios, Rubus idaeus and Chamaenerion angustifolium) of clear-cuttings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests (Vaccinio-myrtillo Pinetum) on test species germination emphasizing the forest ecosystem establishment. Aqueous extracts of roots and shoots were produced at different gro...

to study the effect of harvesting time on soybean seed germination and vigor a factorial experiment with three replications, including of five harvesting time and three soybean cultivars was carried out in the field and glasshouse. the effect of harvesting time on seed germination percentage (in the field, cold test and paper test), seed germination rate, shoot and root weights, 1000-seed weigh...

Thermal-based germination models are widely used to predict germination rate and germination timing of plants. However, comparison of model parameters between large numbers of species is rare. In this study, seeds of 27 species including 12 C4 and 15 C3 species were germinated at a range of constant temperatures from 5 °C to 40 °C. We used a modified thermal time model to calculate germination ...

laboratory experiments were performed to determine the effect of various scarification treatments at four temperature regimes on germination of licorice seeds . a randomized complete block design with four replications was used. germination counts were made every day for 2 weeks. at 50c, none of the chemically and mechanically scarified and non scarified seeds germinated. at 15, 25, and 350...

The dormancy status of S. faberi seed at abscission was assessed with reference to tiller and panicle development. Seed from a single genetic line were grown under field, greenhouse and controlled environment growth chamber conditions. At abscission, a small fraction (<10%) of S. faberi seed germinated under favorable conditions. Seed were dissected and germination of caryopses and embryos also...

to evaluate germination and seedling growth of safflower an experiment carried out as factorial with two factor; temperature (5, 15, and 25 °c) and salinity of sodium chloride (0, 5, 10, and 15 ds/m) based on randomized complete block design with four replications, in dept. of horticulture of urmia university. results of different concentration sodium chloride on germination and seedling growth...

The text is intended for biologists and ecologists working with wild plant species. article draws attention to possible methodological inaccuracies in determining seed germination various attempts manipulate the seeds of difference between laboratory (in field), basic principles collection or selection, selection test sample, parameters related (seed germination, rate, mean time, index), initia...

in order to evaluate the allelopatic potential of wheat aquatic extracts against winter wild oat (avena ludoviciana) at germiantion and vegetative growth stage two expriments were coducted in islamic azad university, shoushtar branch at 2012. germination expriment was laid out according to completely randomized design with four replications and treatments were various concentration of wheat ext...