Effect of seed coating on germination of Ciliate Medick [Medicago ciliaris (L.) All.] and Snail Medick [Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill.]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. KIR
Keyword(s):  
Seed Coat ◽  
Acid Treatment ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Seed Coating ◽  
Forage Crops ◽  
Seed Technology ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Medicago Scutellata ◽  
Medicago Ciliaris ◽  
Sowing Seed

A study was conducted in the Seed Technology Laboratory of Department of Field Crops, Pasture and Forage Crops Section, Faculty of Agriculture of Ege University, Turkey. Aim of the study was to remove the seed coat hardness by various treatments of Ciliate and Snail Medick to enhance germination which is significant in terms of agronomical handicaps of sowing small seeded legumes under field conditions. Pre-sowing seed treatments (Control, scarification by sandpaper, acid treatment with 95.0-98.0% H2SO4 for 5-10-15 minutes and soaking in water for 24-48 hours) were practiced on these small seeded legumes. All observations and tests were conducted following ISTA regulations and notifications. Germination of tested seeds highly increased by acid treatment for 10-15 minutes duration, while scarification treatment provided favorable germination rates.

scholarly journals Pasture Establishment

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
A. Anon
Keyword(s):  
Site Preparation ◽  
Seed Coating ◽  
Preparation Time ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Tussock Grassland ◽  
Coating Method ◽  
Sowing Seed ◽  
Seed Mixtures

Pasture establishment involves considerations such as site preparation, time of sowing, seed mixtures, seed coating, method of sowing and subsequent management. The recommendations which follow relate mostly to the initial development of native tussock grassland

scholarly journals Seed Coating with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for Improved Field Production of Chickpea

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inês Rocha ◽  
Isabel Duarte ◽  
Ying Ma ◽  
Pablo Souza-Alonso ◽  
Aleš Látr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Seed Coating ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Agricultural Crops ◽  
Field Inoculation ◽  
Inoculation Methods ◽  
Fungal Isolates ◽  
The Impact

Although arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are known to promote growth and yield of agricultural crops, inoculation methods for effective scaling up from greenhouse to the field are still underexplored. The application of single or mixed beneficial AM fungal isolates is hindered by the lack of experimental reproducibility of findings at different scales and the cost-effectivity of inoculation methods. Seed coating has been considered a feasible delivery system of AM fungal inocula for agricultural crops. In this study, the impact of single and multiple AM fungal isolates applied via seed coating on chickpea productivity was evaluated under greenhouse and field conditions. Overall, plants inoculated with multiple AM fungal isolates had better performance than those inoculated with single AM isolate under greenhouse and field conditions. While plants in greenhouse displayed higher shoot dry weight (14%) and seed individual weight (21%), in field, inoculation with multiple AM isolates increased pod (160%), and seed (148%) numbers, and grain yield (140%). Under field conditions, mycorrhizal root colonization was significantly higher in chickpea plants inoculated with multiple AM fungal isolates compared to other treatments. These findings highlight the potential of field-inoculation with multiple AM fungal isolates via seed coating as a sustainable agricultural practice for chickpea production.

scholarly journals The Effect of Seed Coating with Trichoderma sp. and Application of Bokashi Fertilizer to the Quality of Soybean (Glycine max. L) Seed

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Sarah Sakinah Umadi ◽  
Sumadi Sumadi ◽  
Denny Sobardini Sobarna
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Seed Mass ◽  
Soybean Seed ◽  
Seed Coating ◽  
Seed Technology ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Trichoderma Sp ◽  
Dose Combination

The decrease of soybean productivity was caused by low quality of seed. To improve the quality of seed, soybean seed were coated  with Trichoderma sp. and adding bokashi organic fertilizer. This research aimed at finding the best dose combination of Trichoderma sp.  and bokashi fertilizer to improve the quality of soybeans. The research was conducted in the experiment field and Laboratory of Seed Technology at Padjadjaran University in April - August 2017. The experimental design in this research was Randomized Block Design (RBD). The treatments were the combination  of four dose values of coating the seed by Trichoderma sp. (0g/100 seeds, 1g/100 seeds, 2g/100 seeds, and 3g/100 seeds) and three dose  of bokashi (0g/polybag, 300g/polybag, and 600g/polybag) and each treatment was replicated three times. The experiment result showed that all treatments on soybean seeds did not affect the germination percentange, vigor index, and conductivity value, but affected the seed quantityof 600g/polybag of bokashi and without seed coating with Trichoderma sp.  on 100 seed mass and seed weight per plant.

scholarly journals Influence of Seed Treatments on Germination and Initial Growth of Ornamental Palms

HortScience ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 604E-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose P. Morales-Payan ◽  
Bielinski M. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Gibberellic Acid ◽  
Seed Coat ◽  
Acid Treatment ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Germination Percentage ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Chemical Treatments ◽  
Phoenix Canariensis ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Experiments were conducted in the Dominican Republic to determine the effect of physical and chemical treatments on the germination of the ornamental palms Roystonea hispaniolana Bailey (Royal palm), Acrocomia quisqueyana Bailey (Corozo palm), Sabal umbraculifera Mart (Cana palm), Phoenix canariensis (Canary Islands date palm), Veitchia merrillii (Becc) Bailey (Manila palm), Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Wendl (Areca palm), and Caryota urens (Fishtail palm). Treatments were seed immersion in water or gibberellic acid 3 (GA3) solution for 72 hours, immersion in concentrated nitric acid for 5 minutes, or cracking of the seed coat. Rate and percentage of emergence 90 days after treatment were measured. The best results for Roystonea, Phoenix, Veitchia, Caryota, and Chrysalidocarpus were obtained soaking the seeds in water or a 200-ppm gibberellic acid solution. Nitric acid and seed coat cracking significantly reduced the germination percentage in all the species, except Acrocomia guisqueyana and Sabal umbraculifera. Seeds of Acrocomia did not germinate as a response to any of the treatments tested. Sabal seeds germinated only after coat cracking or nitric acid treatment.

scholarly journals Seed encrusting with salicylic acid: A novel approach to improve establishment of grass species in ecological restoration

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0242035
Author(s):  
Simone Pedrini ◽  
Jason C. Stevens ◽  
Kingsley W. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Seed Germination ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Seedling Survival ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Seed Coating ◽  
Seedling Density ◽  
Survival And Growth

To achieve global ambitions in large scale ecological restoration, there is a need for approaches that improve the efficiency of seed-based interventions, particularly in overcoming the bottleneck in the transition from germination to seedling establishment. In this study, we tested a novel seed-based application of the plant stress modulator compound salicylic acid as a means to reduce seedling losses in the seed-to-seedling phase. Seed coating technology (encrusting) was developed as a precursor for optimising field sowing for three grass species commonly used in restoration programs, Austrostipa scabra, Microlaena stipoides, and Rytidosperma geniculatum. Salicylic acid (SA, 0.1mM) was delivered to seeds via imbibition and seed encrusting. The effects of SA on seed germination were examined under controlled water-limited conditions (drought resilience) in laboratory setting and on seed germination, seedling emergence, seedling growth and plant survival in field conditions. Salicylic acid did not impact germination under water stress in controlled laboratory conditions and did not affect seedling emergence in the field. However, seedling survival and growth were improved in plants grown from SA treated seeds (imbibed and encrusted) under field conditions. When SA delivery methods of imbibing and coating were compared, there was no significant difference in survival and growth, showing that seed coating has potential to deliver SA. Effect of intraspecific competition as a result of seedling density was also considered. Seedling survival over the dry summer season was more than double at low seedling density (40 plants/m2) compared to high seedling density (380 plants/m2). Overall, adjustment of seeding rate according to expected emergence combined with the use of salicylic acid via coating could improve seed use efficiency in seed-based restoration.

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