Effects of Different Priming Treatments on Seed Germination Properties, Yield Components and Grain Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)

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  • Faruk TOKLU Cukurova University, Agricultural Faculty, Field Crops Department, 01330 Adana (TR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha4319832

Keywords:

germination; grain yield; lentil; seed priming

Abstract

An experiment was conducted under laboratory and field conditions in order to evaluate the effects of different priming treatments, specifically KNO3 (1%), KCl (2%), KH2PO4 (1%), ZnSO4 (0.05%), PEG-6000 (20%), IBA (100 ppm), Mannitol (4%), GA3 (100 ppm) and distilled water, on seed germination properties and several agro-morphological plant characteristics of red lentil. Seeds not primed were used as a control. GA3 treatment increased shoot length. The control (non-primed seeds) treatment resulted in increased seedling root number and length. Distilled water, ZnSO4 and control treatments increased germination rate and percentage. In the pot experiments, GA3 treatment increased plant height and seedling emergence rate, whereas KCl treatment improved the number of nodules, as well as root and shoot dry weight when compared to the control. ZnSO4 treatment increased yield components and grain yield in field conditions. The results of this study showed that ZnSO4, GA3 and PEG-6000 seed priming treatments may be useful tools due to their positive effects on germination rate, germination percentage, yield component and grain yield of lentil.

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2015-06-19

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TOKLU, F. (2015). Effects of Different Priming Treatments on Seed Germination Properties, Yield Components and Grain Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 43(1), 153–158. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha4319832

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Vol. 43 No. 1 (2015)

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Research Articles
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DOI: 10.15835/nbha4319832

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