Abstract Salinity is one of the most important factors limiting plant growth and production around the world. Gibberellic acid is known as a strong growth stimulator, effective on seed germination and breaking of seed dormancy in various plant species. In order to study the response of Safflower,Sofeh cultivar, to salinity stress, a factorial experiment was conducted based on a randomized...

Damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) has high economic importance and commercial value. The plant essential oil is used for perfumery, food and medicinal industries. It is necessary to know much about seed germination for study of genetic variation and breeding improved varieties of R. damascena. In this study seed germination of R. damascena were evaluated, using thermal period treatments. The d...

this study was conducted for the first time in order to introduce the pioneer forest trees and medicinal sea-buckthorn (elaeagnus rhamnoides) and determine the characteristics of the species seeds from seven provenances, including iran, china and tibet in the laboratory. after site identification of the species, seeds were collected from the regions including alborz, mazandaran, eastern azerbai...

Physiological effect of six levels of water stress (0, -0.1, -.03, -0.6, -0.9 and -1.2 MP) was studied on seed germination and plumule as well as radicule growth length in three species namely: Agropyron elongatum, Agropyron desertourm and Secale montanum. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used to provide appropriate water potentials. A total of 100 seeds in four replications (Petri dishes) were so...

this study was conducted to quantify germination response of annual savory (satureja hortensis l.) to temperature and water potential. for this purpose, seeds were exposed to different temperature (12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 37 and 40°c) and water potential (zero, -0.1, -0.3, -0.5 and -0.7 mpa) treatments in seed research lab., gorgan university of agricultural sciences and natural resources in 20...

almolookhiyeh (corchorus olitorius l.) known in the world as a valuable medicinal plant that was produced for the first time in iran in 2011. this study was aimed to quantify germination response of almolookhiyeh to temperature. for this purpose, seeds were exposed to different constant temperatures (10 ,15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50°c) in seed research lab, gorgan university of agricultura...

one of the most important oilseed plants in iran is rapeseed. seed quality is affected by deterioration and aging during storage. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the roles of various chemicals on the recovery of germination characteristics in deteriorated seeds of rapeseed. in this study, one commercial brassica napus cultivar (okapi) was used. this experiment had two parts. in the fi...