Solid Matrix Priming of Cabbage Seed Lots: Repair of Ageing and Increasing Seed Quality


ERMİŞ S., Kara F., Ozden E., DEMİR İ.

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI, vol.22, no.4, pp.588-595, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1501/tarimbil_0000001417
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.588-595
  • Keywords: Seed pretreatment, Electrical conductivity, Mean germination time, Germination, Emergence, SHRUNKEN-2 SWEET CORN, RELATIVE EMERGENCE, GERMINATION, DETERIORATION, DISINFECTION, PERFORMANCE, VIGOR
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effect of solid matrix priming treatment on 25 cabbage seed lots of various ages in terms of enhanced germination, emergence, mean germination and emergence time, and electrical conductivity. Solid matrix priming at a seed: vermiculite: water rate of 1: 2: 2.5 (w:w:w) was applied at 25 degrees C for 16 hours in the dark. Matrix priming was found to increase germination and emergence, reduced mean germination, emergence times and solute leakage. The advantages of solid matrix priming were observed more in aged than fresh seeds. The results indicated that SMP may enhance aged cabbage seed quality.