in order to the study of the salinity effects on seed germination and effecting parameter of fennel (foeniculum vulgare) was conducted a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with two factors and three replications. factor a was 10 ecotypes, including; sardasht, saghghez, kerman, tabriz,sabzevar, rome, khusf, bojnoord, mashhad and shabestar and factor b was five concentrations ...

Seed security is of prime importance for agriculture. To protect true seeds from being faked, more secure dual anti-counterfeiting technologies for tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) pelleted seed were developed in this paper. Fluorescein (FR), rhodamine B (RB), and magnetic powder (MP) were used as anti-counterfeiting labels. According to their different properties and the special seed pelleting p...

Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér.) is an important commercial horticultural plant extensively used in outdoor landscaping. Seed emergence has always remained a problem geranium due to its hard seed nature. Hence germination and other emergence-related attributes need be adequately tested. The purpose of this study was evaluate the seedling growth geraniums under different types containers...

Abstract: The use of infrared equipment to evaluate the physiological quality seeds has become an extremely important technique for operation, since it is not destructive seed and safe operator. experiment was divided into two stages, in first, controlled deterioration curve carried out, second stage, validation NIR XDS process through modeling classification lots. used proved be efficient show...

The present work focused on identification of allelochemicals from the leaf leachates of Gmelina arborea and analyzing its influence on the germination of red gram, green gram, black gram, and chickpea in terms of the levels of some important germination enzymes like acid phosphatase, catalase, peroxidase, and amylase. The study showed that allelopathic effects were more predominant in chickpea...

Soybean viruses have become more problematic in recent years due to increased prevalence of insect vectors. The appearance of the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) in 2000 and the increasing levels of bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) have played important roles in increasing the range and severity of specific soybean viruses. Yield can be reduced, as well as diminished seed quality due to mo...