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Ababaf M, Omidi H, Bakhshandeh A. (2021). Determination of Optimum Concentration and Time of Pre-Treatment with Plant Growth Regulators on Germination Indices of Catharanthus roseus Seed. Iranian J. Seed Res.. 7(2), : 12 doi:10.52547/yujs.7.2.191
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Introduction: Catharanthus roseus is regarded as a medicinal ornamental plant. This plant has anti-cancer, anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetes, and antimicrobial properties. Catharanthus has a fairly long vegetative period due to its slow initial growth. The long growth period of the plant is considered one of the limitations in its cultivation on a larger scale. By using plant growth regulators such as salicylic acid (SA) in the imbibition phase and pre-treatment, an increase in seed activity and the seedling growth of many crops is observable. Also, jasmonic acid (JA) plant growth regulators play an important role in seed germination and plant growth. Regarding the long growth period of this plant, the small size of the seed, and poor establishment in the field with semi-heavy and heavy textured soils, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of seed priming with SA and JA in different concentrations and periods on improving Catharanthus roseus seed germination indices.
Materials and Methods: The studies were conducted as a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications at the Laboratory of Seed Science and Technology of Shahed University, Tehran, in 2017. Treatments included five different concentrations of SA (0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mM), concentrations of JA (0, 1, 10, and 100 µM) and five periods of time (0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours). At the end of the experiment (10 days) traits such as germination percentage, germination rate, mean germination time, mean daily germination, germination value, seed length vigor index, seed weight vigor index, seedling dry weight, shoot dry weight, radicle dry weight, radicle length, shoot length, and seedling length were measured.
Results: The results indicated that the effect SA, JA, and time were significant on germination percentage, germination speed, mean germination time, mean daily germination, germination value, seedling length, seedling length vigor index, seedling weight vigor index, and radicle dry weight. The best times for pre-treatment with SA were 24 and 48 hours. Among the applied concentrations of SA, 0.5 and 1 mM concentrations showed the best results. Also, the best time and concentration for pre-treatment with JA were 12 and 24 hours and 10 µM.
Conclusions: The results of this study showed that using SA and JA for seed priming improved seed germination components. In addition to the pre-treatment concentrations of SA and JA, the duration of seed contact with growth regulators is important. It was observed that there was a significant difference among the different priming times, therefore, it can be stated that seed pre-treatment time is one of the important factors of seed priming, and the determination of proper priming time prevented the negative effect of pretreatment on germination and seedling growth in primed seeds.
Highlights:
1- The optimum concentrations of salicylic acid and the priming time of the seed were determined.
2- The appropriate concentrations of jasmonic acid and the optimum time for pretreatment of seed were determined.
3- The effect of growth regulators of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid on seed germination indices was evaluated.
Introduction: Catharanthus roseus is regarded as a medicinal ornamental plant. This plant has anti-cancer, anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetes, and antimicrobial properties. Catharanthus has a fairly long vegetative period due to its slow initial growth. The long growth period of the plant is considered one of the limitations in its cultivation on a larger scale. By using plant growth regulators such as salicylic acid (SA) in the imbibition phase and pre-treatment, an increase in seed activity and the seedling growth of many crops is observable. Also, jasmonic acid (JA) plant growth regulators play an important role in seed germination and plant growth. Regarding the long growth period of this plant, the small size of the seed, and poor establishment in the field with semi-heavy and heavy textured soils, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of seed priming with SA and JA in different concentrations and periods on improving Catharanthus roseus seed germination indices.
Materials and Methods: The studies were conducted as a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications at the Laboratory of Seed Science and Technology of Shahed University, Tehran, in 2017. Treatments included five different concentrations of SA (0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mM), concentrations of JA (0, 1, 10, and 100 µM) and five periods of time (0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours). At the end of the experiment (10 days) traits such as germination percentage, germination rate, mean germination time, mean daily germination, germination value, seed length vigor index, seed weight vigor index, seedling dry weight, shoot dry weight, radicle dry weight, radicle length, shoot length, and seedling length were measured.
Results: The results indicated that the effect SA, JA, and time were significant on germination percentage, germination speed, mean germination time, mean daily germination, germination value, seedling length, seedling length vigor index, seedling weight vigor index, and radicle dry weight. The best times for pre-treatment with SA were 24 and 48 hours. Among the applied concentrations of SA, 0.5 and 1 mM concentrations showed the best results. Also, the best time and concentration for pre-treatment with JA were 12 and 24 hours and 10 µM.
Conclusions: The results of this study showed that using SA and JA for seed priming improved seed germination components. In addition to the pre-treatment concentrations of SA and JA, the duration of seed contact with growth regulators is important. It was observed that there was a significant difference among the different priming times, therefore, it can be stated that seed pre-treatment time is one of the important factors of seed priming, and the determination of proper priming time prevented the negative effect of pretreatment on germination and seedling growth in primed seeds.
Highlights:
1- The optimum concentrations of salicylic acid and the priming time of the seed were determined.
2- The appropriate concentrations of jasmonic acid and the optimum time for pretreatment of seed were determined.
3- The effect of growth regulators of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid on seed germination indices was evaluated.
Article number: 12
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Seed Physiology
Received: 2019/11/1 | Revised: 2021/05/10 | Accepted: 2020/05/2 | ePublished: 2021/05/9
Received: 2019/11/1 | Revised: 2021/05/10 | Accepted: 2020/05/2 | ePublished: 2021/05/9
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