To assessment effect of concentration and times of disinfection wheat seeds, infected by Aspergillus fungus a research was conducted based on Factorial experiment according randomized complete block design with four replications. The factors included four levels of sodium hypochlorite (2, 4, 6, and 8%) and four times of seed disinfection (2, 5, 7, and 10 minutes). Result of analysis of variance...

This research was conducted to assessment effect of different concentrations of sodium hypochlorite along several times on quantitative parameters of wheat seeds affected by Aspergillus flavus fungus via factorial experiment according randomized complete block design with four replications. The treatments consisted four concentrations of sodium hypochlorite or NaClO (C1= 2%, C2= 4%, C3= 6%, and...

Recently the biostimulatory role of physical methods have been observed in major agricultural crop plants, He-Ne laser is one of the most significant biophysical method for enhancing not only seed germination but also plant growth and development. Seeds of wheat cultivars from Kazakhstan (cultivars; aksay, kazakhstanskaya-10 and eretrospermum-350) and from Egypt (cultivar; sakha-168) were expos...

The Three Gorges Dam features two water-level fluctuation zones (WLFZs): the preupland drawdown zone (PU-DZ) and the preriparian drawdown zone (PR-DZ). To investigate the vegetation potential of Roegneria nutans in WLFZs, we compared the submergence tolerance and germination dynamics in the natural riparian zone (NRZ), PU-DZ and PR-DZ. We found that the NRZ seeds maintained an 81.3% intactness ...

production of beneficial halophytes such as kochia (kochia scoparia) using saline waters and soils is one of the most sustainable methods of conservation in desert ecosystems. kochia is one of the most common annual halophytes grown in iran. seed germination of four ecotypes of kochia in saline conditions was carried out using factorial based on completely randomized design with four replicates...

Many endangered plants such as Eryngium viviparum (Apiaceae) present a poor germination rate. This fact could be due to intrinsic and extrinsic seed variability influencing germination and dormancy of seeds. The objective of this study is to better understand the physiological mechanism of seed latency and, through artificial intelligence models, to determine the factors that stimulate germinat...

in‏ ‏order‏ ‏to‏ ‏study‏ ‏chamomile‏ ‏tolerance‏ ‏to‏ ‏salinity‏ ‏and‏ ‏find‏ ‏a way‏ ‏to‏ ‏increase‏ ‏its‏ ‏tolerance‏ ‏afactorial‏ ‏experiment‏ ‏was‏ ‏conducted‏ ‏in‏ ‏acompletely‏ ‏randomized‏ ‏design‏ ‏with‏ ‏three‏ ‏replications‏ ‏in‏ ‏‎2012.‎‏ ‏seeds‏ ‏primed‏ ‏with‏ ‏salicylic‏ ‏acid‏ ‏and‏ ‏gibberellic‏ ‏acid‏ ‏‎(ga)‎‏ ‏at‏ ‏‎250‎‏ ‏ppm‏ ‏by‏ ‏a‏ ‏combination‏ ‏of‏ ‏the treatments‏ ‏at‏...

Pioneer plants are adapted to grow in unpredictable environments. These plants have evolved several traits related to seed morphology and germination to cope with this unpredictability. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect of plant identity and maternal environment on seed mass and germination of Sinapis arvensis. This study was undertaken with S. arvensis plants grown in fo...

The maximum germination rate of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 spores in glucose increased, and the lag before its attainment decreased, with increasing germination temperature. The activation energy for germination (mu = approximately 20 kcal/mole), based on rate or on lag, was consistent with an enzymatic mechanism.