Effects of Priming, Dormancy and Aging on Embryo Growth Potential and Germination of Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.) and Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa L.) SeedsCornell University, 1997 - 156 pages |
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GERMINATION ENHANCEMENT AND EMBRYO | 9 |
SEED DORMANCY AND EMBRYO GROWTH | 31 |
AGING AND EMBRYO GROWTH POTENTIAL | 50 |
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0.6 g Micro-Cel 1.2 MPa PEG 10d Aged 4d MC 4d osmoconditioning 6d aged 7d MC abscisic acid combination on germination cut seeds day/night temperature regime deionized water dormancy induction Effect of aging Effect of matriconditioning embryo excision embryo growth measurement embryo growth potential embryo growth rate EMBRYO LENGTH Embryos were excised endosperm excised embryos Figure Galactomannan germination and embryo germination enhancement germination in darkness germination in light germination percentage germination test germination time MGT gibberellins induced dormancy lettuce seeds light at 25C low y seed matriconditioned seeds matriconditioning MC mean germination MPa PEG solution nonconditioned seeds osmotic priming percentage germination petri plates phytochrome pretreatment radicle rate at 25C rate in light rate of excised RH on germination seed germination seed hydration treatments seeds on germination seeds were washed separated by LSD storage studies subsequent germination tomato and lettuce tomato cultivars tomato seeds washed and dried water potential