Factors influencing variability in manganese content of seeds, with emphasis on barley (Hordeum vulgare) and white lupins (Lupinus albus)

1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
NE Longnecker ◽  
C Uren
Keyword(s):  
Faba Bean ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Cultivar Differences ◽  
White Lupin ◽  
Plant Variation ◽  
Mn Content ◽  
A Site ◽  
Mn Concentration ◽  
Manganese Concentrations

Considerable variability can occur in the manganese (Mn) content and concentration of seeds. This variability can influence plant growth and development, crop yield and seed quality. In order to understand which factors affect seed Mn variability, the effects of site of growth, season and genotype on the Mn content of barley seed were examined. Plant-to-plant and within-plant variability of white lupin seed were also examined. Manganese concentrations of seeds of barley, wheat and faba bean grown at the same site were compared. For barley, site of growth was the most important determinant of Mn content of the seed. Cultivar differences were not statistically significant. There was a significant season by site interaction which indicated that season affected seed Mn content at a site with low Mn availability but not at a site with adequate Mn. Manganese concentrations in seeds of different species grown at the same site varied considerably. 'Tatiara' wheat had more than twice the Mn concentration of 'Schooner' barley (48 and 21 mg kg-1, respectively), while small-seeded faba bean had the lowest Mn concentration of the three (6 mg kg-1). In white lupin, there were significant differences in seed Mn content of plants growing side by side at the same site. Significant within-plant variation was also found for both white lupins and barley. The range of Mn concentration of seed from one plant was 1530 to 3750 mg kg-1for white lupins and 1 1 to 24 mg kg-1 for barley. In barley (and probably most plants), variability of seed Mn concentration can be minimized by selecting seed by weight from parents grown at the same site during the same season. Variability of Mn concentration and content of white lupin seeds is not as easily accounted for and thus is more difficult to minimize. For barley, there was a positive relationship between seed weight and Mn concentration (r2= 0.66), while in white lupins, no such relationship was apparent. For white lupins with high concentrations of Mn, seed Mn variability could not be accounted for by genotype or seed weight.

Within-plant variation for seed weight and seed quality traits in white lupin (Lupinus albus L.)

1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Velasco ◽  
L. M. Mart ◽  
De Haro
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
White Lupin ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Plant Variation ◽  
Branch Order ◽  
First Order ◽  
Seed Quality Traits

The influence of the branch order on seed weight and seed quality traits was studied in 32 bitter landraces of white lupin. Seeds from the mainstem, first-order branches, and second-order branches were harvested separately and the seed weight, protein content, oil content, and oil composition were determined at each branch order. The results showed the presence of within-plant variation for all of the traits included in this study. The seeds from the mainstem were heavier and had lower oil and protein content than the seeds from the branches. The seed oil from the mainstem was characterised by a higher percentage of saturated fatty acids and oleic acid, and a lower percentage of linoleic, linolenic, eicosenoic, and erucic acid than the seeds from the branches. The seeds from the first branch order were heavier and had lower oil and protein content than the seeds from the second-order. Seed oil from the 2 branch orders only differed for the percentage of palmitic acid, which was higher in the first-order. It is concluded that within-plant variation in white lupin should be taken into account to avoid sampling errors, because seeds from one branch order are imperfect as a predictor of the composition of seeds from the others.

Yield and Seed quality of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) as affected by variety, nitrogen level and harvesting time

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Shahnaj Yesmina ◽  
Moushumi Akhtarb ◽  
Belal Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Nitrogen Level ◽  
Yield Attributes ◽  
Harvesting Time ◽  
Nitrogen Levels ◽  
Vigour Index

The experiment was conducted to find out the effect of variety, nitrogen level and harvesting time on yield and seed quality of barley. The treatments used in the experiment consisted of two varieties viz. BARI Barley 4 and BARI Barley 5, three harvesting time viz. 35, 40 and 45 Days after Anthesis (DAA) and nitrogen levels viz. 0, 70, 85 and 100 kg N ha-1 . The experiment was laid out in a spilt- spilt-plot design with three replications assigning the variety to the main plot, harvesting time to the sub-plots and nitrogen level to the sub-sub plots. Variety had significant effects on the all yield attributes except fertile seeds spike-1 . Seed quality parameters viz. normal seeds spike-1 , deformed seeds spike-1 , germination (%) and vigour index were statistically significant. The variety BARI Barley 5 produced higher grain yield and seed quality than BARI Barley 4. Grain yield from BARI Barley 5 and BARI Barley 4 were 4.59 t ha-1 and 4.24 t ha-1 , respectively. Significantly, the highest 1000-seed weight (46.90 g) was produced by BARI Barley 5 than (37.90 g) BARI Barley 4. The result revealed that harvesting time had significant effect on yield and yield attributes and seed quality parameters. Seed yield was highest (4.65 t ha-1 ) when the crop harvested at 40 DAA and it was increased linearly from 35 DAA. Maximum quality seed and 1000-seed weight (43.20 g) was obtained when the crop harvested at 40 DAA. All the yields, yield attributes and seed quality parameters were significantly influenced by nitrogen levels. The highest grain yield (5.14 t ha-1 ) was obtained when BARI Barley 5 variety was fertilized by 100 kg N ha-1 and the lowest (3.14 t ha-1 ) was obtained from control treatments. Normal seeds spike-1 , vigour index, germination (%) were better at 85 kg N ha-1 in variety of BARI Barley 5 than BARI Barley 4. So it can be concluded that BARI Barley 5 showed better result when fertilized with 100 kg N ha-1 and harvested at 40 DAA for getting maximum yield and 85 kg N ha-1 and harvested at 40 DAA for getting better quality seed.

scholarly journals Roles of Intra-fruit Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Controlling Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seed Development and Storage Reserve Deposition

2006 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Blasiak ◽  
A. Kuang ◽  
C.S. Farhangi ◽  
M.E. Musgrave
Keyword(s):  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Hot Pepper ◽  
Free Treatment ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Storage Reserve ◽  
Fruit Wall ◽  
Lower Variation ◽  
Gas Tight

Seeds developing within a locular space inside hollow fruit experience chronic exposure to a unique gaseous environment. Using two pepper cultivars, `Triton' (sweet) and `PI 140367' (hot), we investigated how the development of seeds is affected by the gases surrounding them. The atmospheric composition of the seed environment was characterized during development by analysis of samples withdrawn from the fruit locule with a gas-tight syringe. As seed weight plateaued during development, the seed environment reached its lowest O2 concentration (19%) and highest CO2 concentration (3%). We experimentally manipulated the seed environment by passing different humidified gas mixtures through the fruit locule at a rate of 60 to 90 mL·min-1. A synthetic atmosphere containing 3% CO2, 21% O2, and 76% N2 was used to represent a standard seed environment. Seeds developing inside locules supplied with this mixture had enhanced average seed weight, characterized by lower variation than in the no-flow controls due to fewer low-weight seeds. The importance of O2 in the seed microenvironment was demonstrated by reduction in seed weight when the synthetic atmosphere contained only 15% O2 and by complete arrest of embryo development when O2 was omitted from the seed atmosphere. Removal of CO2 from the synthetic atmosphere had no effect on seed weight, however, the CO2-free treatment accelerated fruit ripening by 4 days in the hot pepper. In the sweet peppers, fruit wall starch and sucrose were reduced by the CO2-free treatment. The results demonstrate that accretionary seed growth is being limited in pepper by O2 availability and suggest that variation in seed quality is attributable to localized limitations in O2 supply.

THE EFFECTS OF SEEDING RATE AND ROW WIDTH IN RELATION TO SEED PRODUCTION IN ORCHARD GRASS, DACTYLIS GLOMERATA L.

1959 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Fulkerson
Keyword(s):  
Seed Yield ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Seeding Rate ◽  
Seedling Vigour ◽  
The Third ◽  
Row Width ◽  
Rate Interaction ◽  
Number Of Seeds

The effects of six seeding rates and five row spacings on seed yield, seed quality and the yield components—number of fertile culms per square foot, number of seeds per culm and seed weight were studied in orchard grass.Row width had a marked effect on seed yield each year. Rate of seeding affected seed yield to a lesser extent and a row width × seeding rate interaction did occur. Seeding rates and row width caused small relatively unimportant differences in seedling establishment and early seedling vigour only in the third harvest year. Considering seed yield, seed quality and the ease of weed control, the best treatment combination appeared to be a seeding rate in the area of [Formula: see text] in 14-in. rows for stands to produce for 2 or 3 years.Seed yield was positively and closely correlated with the number of fertile culms in the first 2 crop years but a negative relationship was found in the third crop year. Seed weight was negatively correlated with seed yield. The number of seeds per panicle was closely associated with yield in the third crop year and negatively correlated with seed weight and culm numbers.

scholarly journals Intra-plant variation in seed weight and seed protein content of cowpea

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohtaro Iseki ◽  
Olajumoke Olaleye ◽  
Haruki Ishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Protein ◽  
Seed Protein Content ◽  
Plant Variation

Evaluation of Herbicides for Sweet White Lupin (Lupinus albus)

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 819-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry A. Ivany ◽  
Kevin V. McCully
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Lupinus Albus ◽  
N Fertilizer ◽  
White Lupin ◽  
Crop Tolerance ◽  
Crop Injury

The response of sweet white lupin to several herbicides was evaluated over five years at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI) and two years at Cornhill, New Brunswick (NB). Excellent crop tolerance was found to the herbicides: chloramben, ethalfluralin, fluazifop-P, linuron, metobromuron, metolachlor, and trifluralin. None of the above herbicides affected crop grain yield or 1000 seed weight. Sweet white lupin was slightly injured by metribuzin at 500 g ai/ha but yields and 1000 seed weight were not affected. Higher rates of metribuzin reduced lupin yield and 1000 seed weight. Imazethapyr applied POST with 0.25% v/v Agral 90 and 1.0% v/v 28% N fertilizer caused severe crop injury and reduced lupin yields.

Effect of genotype and environment on pod wall proportion in white lupin: consequences to seed yield

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Lagunes-Espinoza ◽  
C. Huyghe ◽  
J. Papineau ◽  
D. Pacault
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Correlation ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
White Lupin ◽  
Phenotypic Correlation ◽  
Genotypic Differences ◽  
Environmental Variance ◽  
Environment Effect ◽  
Pod Wall

One means of increasing seed yield in white lupin may be the modification of the harvest index in the reproductive compartment by a reduction of the proportion of pod walls. Genetic and environmental effects on the pod wall proportion and yield components were evaluated. Thirty-five genotypes of spring-sown material were sown in 6 different locations across France in 1996 and 1997, accounting for a total of 10 site × year combinations. The existence of a genetic variation for the pod wall proportion among studied genotypes was demonstrated (0.26–0.34). Highly significant genotypic differences for the pod wall proportion, seed number per pod, seed weight per pod, mean seed weight, flowering time, and seed yield were observed among lupin genotypes. The heritability of pod wall proportion was moderate, the phenotypic correlation between this character and seed yield was significant and negative, and the genetic correlation was high and negative. The environmental variance contributed a major part of the total variation. The genotype × environment effect for the pod wall proportion was small, which suggests that the selection of genotypes with low and stable pod wall proportion in different environments will be possible. The strong negative genetic correlation between pod wall proportion and seed yield supports the feasibility of using the character as a selection criterion for a higher seed yield.

Effect of Three Desiccant Herbicides on Soybean (Glycine max) Seed Quality

Weed Science ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 484-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond F. Cerkauskas ◽  
Onkar D. Dhingra ◽  
James B. Sinclair ◽  
Stephen R. Foor
Keyword(s):  
Glycine Max ◽  
Seed Germination ◽  
Seed Weight ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Sodium Chlorate ◽  
Sodium Borate ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Seed Infection ◽  
Herbicide Application ◽  
Combined Data

Soybean [Glycine max(L.) Merr.] cultivars ‘UFV1’ and ‘UFV2’ grown at Viçosa and Florestal, Brazil, and ‘Bonus' and ‘Wells' at Urbana, Illinois, were sprayed at growth stages R5.5to R6(full-pod) or R7(50% defoliation) with the desiccant/herbicides glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine], paraquat (1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium ion), or sodium chlorate:sodium borate (50:50, w/v). Desiccation of plants by paraquat significantly reduced seed weight and germination at all locations and increased the incidence ofAlternariaandPhomopsisspp. at Urbana. Analysis of the combined data from the Brazilian locations showed a significant decrease in seed germination for all treatments except paraquat sprayed on the UFV2at R7and sodium chlorate: sodium borate sprayed on UFV1at R7. Herbicide application at R7did not result in consistent increases in seedborneFusariumorPhomopsisspp. at any Brazilian location. Rainfall and temperature at seed maturation were more important variables in pod-to-seed infection by these fungi than increased rates of tissue senescence caused by the desiccants.

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