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Yousefi F, Sihampoosh A, Bakhshandeh A, Mousavi S A. (2021). The Effect of Hormone Seed Priming Using Gibberellic Acid on Seed Germination Characteristics and Seedling Growth of Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Iranian J. Seed Res.. 8(1), : 12 doi:10.52547/yujs.8.1.173
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Agricultural and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan , Siahpoush@asnrukh.ac.ir
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Introduction: Coneflower herbal medicinal plant is from the Asteraceae family, native to North America. Because of its immune-boosting properties, it is used to treat a variety of pathogens. The seed germination stage is one of the crucial and crucial stages in the growth cycle of plant species that can play an important role in the production process by optimal establishment of seedlings. Seed of Coneflower germinates and grows very slowly and weakly. Therefore, the use of some plant growth regulators, such as the gibberellin hormone, can play an important role in improving seed germination. The aim of this study was investigate the effect of hormone seed priming using gibberellin on seed germination quality of Coneflower.
Material and Methods: A factorial experiment was conducted based on the complete randomized design arranged with three replications. The experiment was conducted at the seed technology laboratory of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, 2018. Experimental treatments were different concentrations of gibberellin (0, 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800 mg/l) as the first factor and the durations of seed priming (12, 24, and 48 hour) as the second factor.
Results: Results of in vitro studies showed that the interaction of gibberellin in priming time on percentage, rate and mean germination time, root and shoot length, seed vigor index, peroxidase activity at 1% and Seed soluble protein content was significant at 5% level. Seed germination quality and protein content increased by the application of 200 mg/l gibberellin for the 24 hours, whereas at the concentrations of 400 and 800 mg/l, gibberellin reduced germination quality and antioxidant enzymes activities. Results of stepwise regression models of antioxidant enzymes activity and protein content with germination indices showed that these traits were significantly entered into the prediction model. It was observed that in all traits except for the rate and the mean germination time, the amount of protein entered the prediction equation. In general, stepwise regression models predicted stem length and power index better than other traits and showed the highest coefficients in these traits with values of 0.85 and 0.83. Also, catalase and peroxidase activities were significantly correlated with rate and mean germination time only. The amount of soluble protein had a positive and significant correlation with all studied traits except germination rate and mean germination time. The highest correlation coefficients for protein content were obtained from longitudinal power index with correlation coefficient (r = 0.856).
Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, the best hormone priming treatment was 200 mg/l gibberellin for the durations of 24 hour.
 
Highlights:
1- The role of gibberellin hormone on seed germination traits Coneflower was evaluated
2- The effect of gibberellin hormone on the activity of antioxidant enzymes and soluble proteins during seed germination was investigated.
Article number: 12
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Received: 2020/04/6 | Revised: 2024/02/20 | Accepted: 2020/10/4 | ePublished: 2021/10/27

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