Effects of different treatments on seed germination and breaking seed dormancy of Prosopis koelziana and Prosopis Juliflora

For improving seed germination of Prosopis koelziana and Prosopis juliflora , different treatments of seeds were conducted, including scarification with sulfuric acid 98% for 10 and 15 min, sandy paper, hot water for 5 and 10 min, potasium nitrate 0.1%, gibberellic acid at 250 mg·L −1 and 500 mg·L −...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of forestry research 2011-03, Vol.22 (1), p.35-38
Main Authors: Zare, Salman, Tavili, Ali, Darini, Mohammad Javad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Forestry
Life Sciences
Original Paper
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:For improving seed germination of Prosopis koelziana and Prosopis juliflora , different treatments of seeds were conducted, including scarification with sulfuric acid 98% for 10 and 15 min, sandy paper, hot water for 5 and 10 min, potasium nitrate 0.1%, gibberellic acid at 250 mg·L −1 and 500 mg·L −1 and combinational treatment of scarification with gibberellic acid of 250 mg·L −1 and 500 mg·L −1 . The results show that scarifications with sandy paper and sulfuric acids 98% were the most effective treatments on breaking seed dormancy and seed germination induction. Scarification with sulfuric acid 98% for 15 min was the best treatment. According to the positive effect of scarification and lack of reaction of seeds against KNO 3 and gibberellic acid, the kind of seed dormancy was determined as exogenous.
ISSN:1007-662X
1993-0607
DOI:10.1007/s11676-011-0121-8