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Maleki Narg Mousa M, Balouchi H, Attarzadeh M. (2015). Effect of Seed Priming on Some Germination Traits and Seedling Growth of Safflower under Drought Stress. Iranian J. Seed Res.. 2(1), 1-10. doi:10.29252/yujs.2.1.1
URL: http://yujs.yu.ac.ir/jisr/article-1-163-en.html
Yasouj University , balouchi@yu.ac.ir
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In order to evaluate the effect of priming on some germination and seedling growth characteristics of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) under drought stress, an experiment was conducted base on completely randomized design with four replications at the Seed Technology Laboratory of Yasouj University, in 2011. Treatments were included of five priming levels (control or no prime, hydro priming, potassium nitrate 3% (KNO3), PEG and Urea -4 bar) as the first factor and three levels of drought stress (0, -4 and -8 bar) as the second factor. The results showed that the interactions of drought stress and seed priming on germination percentage and the germination rate was not significant. But the main impact of priming and drought stress on them was so significant at 1% probability. The highest germination percentage and germination rate (75.66% and 3.62 seed.day-1, respectively) were shown in urea priming and the lowest (52% and 2.31 seed.day-1 respectively) in the control treatment (no prime). Drought stress was caused a significant decrease in germination traits. In general, the results obtained in this study showed that treatment with urea and potassium nitrate compared with PEG improved germination and seedling growth of safflower.

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Seed Physiology
Received: 2014/11/11 | Revised: 2017/12/22 | Accepted: 2015/01/25 | ePublished: 2015/08/27

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