Chapter 4: Seed Quality and Seeding Technology by Kent Cushman

“… Quality seed is defined as varietally pure with a high germination percentage, free from disease and disease organisms, with a proper moisture content and weight. …”
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Hormonal Priming Improves Seed Quality Parameters in Sunflower by Ankita Thakur, B. S. Dilta, Rohit Verma, Sapna Kaushal, Vinay

“…Whereas, minimum values for seed germination (76.75%), speed of germination (36.90), seedling length (22.94 cm), seedling fresh weight (445.48 mg), seedling dry weight (26.26 mg), SVI-I (1760.00), SVI-II (2014.77) and oil content (41.83%) as well as maximum seed electrical conductivity (444.75 µS m-1) was recorded in non-primed seeds (control). …”
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Chapter 4: Seed Quality and Seeding Technology by Kent Cushman

“… Quality seed is defined as varietally pure with a high germination percentage, free from disease and disease organisms, with a proper moisture content and weight. …”
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Allelopathic Potential of Lantana camara L. Leaf Extracts and Soils Invaded by It on the Growth Performance of Lepidium sativum L. by Likyelesh Gebreyohannes, Meseret C. Egigu, M. Manikandan, J. M. Sasikumar

“…Results showed that extract concentrations and solvent type and their interaction significantly reduced percent seed germination and seedling growth. Compared to control (distilled water), both hexane and ethanol extracts at 5% w/v concentration significantly reduced percent germination and early seedling growth and completely inhibited seed germination at 10% w/v of hexane leaf extract, suggesting that hexane extract has a greater inhibitory effect than ethanolic extract in all the parameters measured. …”
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Changes on Sugar and Starch Contents during Seed Development of Synergistic Sweet Corn and Implication on Seed Quality by Bhornchai Harakotr, Warisa Sutthiluk, Panumart Rithichai

“…Seeds were sampled at 4-day intervals from 18 to 46 days after pollination (DAP) and analyzed for seed germination, sugar, water-soluble polysaccharide, and starch. …”
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Effects of exogenous nitric oxide on the growth and quality of Leonurus japonicus under drought stress by LU Xing, YAO Wenrong, GENG Zhuoqing, SHANG Shuqi, ZHANG Yihua

“…The effect of exogenous NO on seed germination, seedling growth, and the content of medicinal components of L. japonicus seedlings under drought stress was analyzed. …”
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SUSTAINABILITY OF THE WATER REQUIREMENT OF TWO CULTIVARS OF OKRA UNDER THE USE OF COVER CROP AND MINIMUM TILLAGE SYSTEM by Alaa Salih Ati, Shaima Sami Dawod, Kasem Mosa Madlol AL-Halfi

“…The characteristics studied for these two factors and their interactions were the water requirement of the okra crop, water productivity, germination speed, plant height, number of leaves, and fresh pod yield. …”
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Sustainable Reuse of Dredged Soil as a Substrate Material by Improvement with Polyacrylamide, Straw, and Superabsorbent Polymer by Ling Mei, Yuxiang Chen, Lei Wang

“…PAM inhibited tall fescue germination significantly when the concentration exceeded 0.5 g/kg (p < 0.05). …”
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Influence of permafrost microorganisms on morphophysiological indicators of spring wheat by A. M. Subbotin, M. V. Narushko, N. A. Bome, S. A. Petrov, V. A. Malchevskiy, M. A. Gabdullin

“…These indicators are germination energy, laboratory seed germination, length and wet weight of roots and shoots of seedlings, as well as the length of coleoptile and number of chlorophylls a, b and carotenoid in the pigment extract from the plant material. …”
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Fabrication of a vermifiltration unit for wastewater recycling and performance of vermifiltered water (vermiaqua) on onion (Allium cepa) by Chandrajeet Kumar, Ashok K. Ghosh

“…Almost all vermiaquatreated root germinations were âacceleratedâ, whereas all wastewater-treated root germinations were âretardedâ. …”
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VARIABILITY OF RACIAL COMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER BROOMRAPE (ОROBANCHE CUMANA WALLR.) AND NEW STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTION FROM THE PARASITE by S. G. Hablak, Y. A. Abdullaeva, I. S. Riabovol

“…As a result of the discovery of substances involved in the germination of broomrape seeds, new strategies for protecting sunflower from this parasitic plant are being discussed, which are under development. …”
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Microbial Decontamination of Onion by Corona Discharge Air Plasma during Cold Storage by Eun Ha Chang, Yeoung Seuk Bae, Il Sheob Shin, Hyun Jin Choi, Ji Hyun Lee, Ji Weon Choi

“…The inhibitory effect of CDAP on the germination of postharvest pathogens depends on treatment time and O3 concentration.…”
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Comparative gametogenesis and genomic signatures associated with pollen sterility in the seedless mutant of grapevine by Siddhi Chavan, Satish Phalake, Sujata Tetali, Vitthal T. Barvkar, Ravindra Patil

“…RNAseq and genome sequencing data collectively indicate parthenocarpic seedless phenotype due to aberrant developmental and physiological processes involved in pollen formation, maturation and germination in the seedless mutant of ARI 516. Conclusion The study showed the downregulation of transcription factors and their target genes involved in cell division, gibberellin biosynthesis and signalling, cell wall development, organization, and pollen germination. …”
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Proline, Total Antioxidant Capacity, and OsP5CS Gene Activity in Radical and Plumule of Rice are Efficient Drought Tolerance Indicator Traits by Muhammad Abu Bakar Saddique, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Ali Sher, Babar Farid, Rao Muhammad Ikram, Muhammad Saeed Ahmad

“…In the following study, the germination stage of rice seeds has been examined for the rapid screening of drought-tolerant genotypes. …”
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Inducing salt stress tolerance in bitter gourd (Momordica chanrantia) through seed treatment with chitosan by Ahsan Ali, Fiaz Hussain Ferdosi, Mubeen Sarwar, Sumreen Anjum, Zain Mushtaq, Mehwish Liaquat, Muhammad Taqqi Abbas, Moazzam Anees, Muhammad Rizwan Tariq, M. Irfan Ashraf, Abdulrahman Alasmari, Md Sabir Ahmed Mondol, Gholamreza Abdi

“…BackgroundBitter gourd requires well-drained sandy to sandy loam soils for optimum growth, development, and germination, while its growth is retarded in extreme saline conditions. …”
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Bioassay of Cassia alata Linnaeus crude extracts on Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Vitro by Arneti Arneti, Eri Sulyanti

“…The best extract was from the old leaf with the percentage of colony width, conidia number, colony wet and dry weight, and conidia germination of 64,30%, 82,41%, 37,77, 29,8%, and 79,96% respectively. …”
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100 Gy 60Co γ-Ray Induced Novel Mutations in Tetraploid Wheat by Chuntao Yang, Jianshu Zhu, Yun Jiang, Xiaolu Wang, Mengxue Gu, Yi Wang, Houyang Kang, Xing Fan, Lina Sha, Haiqin Zhang, Pu Xuan, Yonghong Zhou

“…10 accessions of tetraploid wheat were radiated with 100 Gy 60Co γ-ray. The germination energy, germination rate, special characters (secondary tillering, stalk with wax powder, and dwarf), meiotic process, and high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GSs) were observed. …”
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In vitro cultivation of the embryos of hybrid forms of early-ripening sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) varieties by N. N. Kovalenko, S. V. Gladkih

“…According to the results of the experiments, an agarized  M4 artificial nutrient medium  based  on the Murashige and Skoog formulations with the addition  of ascorbic acid and sucrose was proposed as the most optimal for germination and providing  excellent nutrition.  Mass germination from bud seedlings  of these  hybrid combinations of sweet  cherry crosses, when applying  the developed scheme,  was noted in our experiments as early as in the first decade of July, i. e. about a month and a half after putting them into culture. …”
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Study on Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Response to Salt Stress Environment under Kabul Climatic Conditions, Afghanistan by Zafer Coşkun, Abdul Walid Salik, Mohammad Zaman Amini

“…Results showed that saline irrigation water caused a significant reduction in germination of seeds (in T1:98% germination, T4: 53% germination), leaf length (in T1:9.17 cm, T4:6.8cm leaf length), shoot height (in T1:15.43cm, T4: 13.87cm Shoot height) and root length (in T1:15.37cm, T4:8.7cm root length). …”
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A Review of Three Simple Plant Models and Corresponding Statistical Tools for Basic Research in Homeopathy by Lucietta Betti, Grazia Trebbi, Michela Zurla, Daniele Nani, Maurizio Peruzzi, Maurizio Brizzi

“…In this paper, we review three simple plant models (wheat seed germination, wheat seedling growth, and infected tobacco plants) that we set up during a series of experiments carried out from 1991 to 2009 in order to study the effects of homeopathic treatments. …”
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