low seed germination and seedling emergence is one of the main problems in saline areas. seed priming technique has been known as a challenge to improve germination and seedling emergence under different environmental stress. the objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of seed priming with gibberellin, nacl and water on seed germination and seed reserve utilization and germination...

Abstract Maturity is an important factor in regulating seed vigor, while inappropriate harvest date affects vigor seriously. Here we reported that the was highest among 25–28 days after pollination, and these were best time for sunflower seeds. Seed moisture content increased first then decreased, dry weight continuously with advancement of development. Oil protein are main nutriments mature se...

in order to evaluate times and rate applications of zinc fertilizer on quantity and quality of faba bean, an experiment was carried out to form factorial in randomized of complete block design with four replications at farm research of gonbad kavous university during 2009 – 2010. two times of application were including before flowering and beginning of pod setting and five rates of application ...