Nasrin Teimoori; Mohsen Saeidi; Mahmood Khoramivafa; Shahab Khoshkhoi
Abstract
The utilization of nanoparticles for seed priming may enhance the germination and seedling growth compared to bulk forms. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the effect of seed priming (with bulk iron oxide, nanoparticles of 1-100 nm and 40-60 nm in concentrations of zero, 2, 4, and 8 g l-1, ...
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The utilization of nanoparticles for seed priming may enhance the germination and seedling growth compared to bulk forms. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the effect of seed priming (with bulk iron oxide, nanoparticles of 1-100 nm and 40-60 nm in concentrations of zero, 2, 4, and 8 g l-1, water, and no priming) at different levels of drought stress (including no stress, -2, -4 and -8 bar) using polyethylene glycol 6000 on the characteristics of germination and growth of Adel chickpea cultivar. This research was performed as a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design in three replications at Razi University. The results showed that germination ceased completely under drought stress of -8 bar. Drought stress at -4 bar after -8 bar resulted in a significant decrease in the percentage, speed, and vigor of germination by 96, 93, and 40%, respectively, and 130% increase in root length/shoot length ratio compared to the non-drought stress treatment. Seed priming treatments had the most positive and significant effect on the speed and vigor of germination in non-drought stress treatment and on the germination percentage in drought stress treatment. The seed priming with iron 8 g l-1 and 40-60 nm produced the highest length and weight vigor of germination. It appears that the priming treatments have resulted in better vigor and rate of germination in non-drought stress condition while germination percentage in drought stress. The seed priming treatment using iron 40-60 nm is the most effective compared to other priming treatments.
S.A. Noorhosseini; M.N. Safarzadeh; S.M. Sadeghi
Volume 5, Issue 1 , March 2015, , Pages 75-91
Abstract
To study the effect of production region and seed weight on some characteristics related with germinability and seedling vigour of peanut seeds, a research was performed in three peanut fields in Astaneh Ashrafieh and agronomy laboratory of Rasht branch Islamic Azad University during 2010 to 2012. This ...
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To study the effect of production region and seed weight on some characteristics related with germinability and seedling vigour of peanut seeds, a research was performed in three peanut fields in Astaneh Ashrafieh and agronomy laboratory of Rasht branch Islamic Azad University during 2010 to 2012. This research was carried out using the standard germination test, cold and accelerated aging. For all tests a factorial experiment with a randomized complete block design in 3 replications was used. First factor was seed production region in 3 levels (Noghredeh, Amshal and Bandar-Kiyashahr) and second factor was seed weight in 3 levels [heavy (seeds heavier than 1 g), medium (seeds between 0.8 and 0.1 g) and light (seeds lighter than 0.8 g)]. The studied characteristics were including: final germination percentage, seedling vigour, radicle dry weight, hypocotyl dry weight, plumule dry weight, cotyledons dry weight and seedling dry weight. Results indicated that effect of region on the final germination percentage, seedling vigour and radicle dry weight were significant in all tests. Peanut seed weights also had a significant effect on radicle dry weight, hypocotyl dry weight, plumule dry weight, cotyledons dry weight and seedling dry weight in all tests. Interaction of the region and seed weight on the seedling vigour of peanut seeds was significant in all tests. In accelerated ageing test, this interaction was significant on all the studied characteristics except for cotyledons dry weight. Mean comparison of studied characteristics also indicated that the greatest amount of studied parameters was observed from heavier seeds of Amshal region. The maximum germination percentage was detected in seeds produced in Amshal region with average of 86.67%. Also, maximum seedling vigour was achieved in heavy seeds produced in Amshal region with an average 54.24 (standard germination).
