Effect of Biological Fertilizers on Germination Indices in Wheat Cultivars With Drought In Greenhouse
To determine aminol-forte and fosnutren, as two biological fertilizers containing amino acids, effects on 11 bread wheat cultivars in Ardabil IAU research greenhouse a research was carried out in factorial completely randomized block design with three replications. Factor A in two conditions (drought and normal), factor B in three levels (water, aminol-forte and fosnutren) and factor C included 11 bread wheat cultivars. Results suggested that there was a significant difference between test conditions based on all measured indices at 1%. Also there was a significant difference between studied cultivars based on assessed properties at 1 to 5%. There was a significant difference between fertilizer levels based on germination speed coefficient, ultimate germination percentage, germination rate index and daily average germination rate at 5%. The test conditions interaction in biologic fertilizers in all studied traits were significant at 1%. The results to the means comparison suggested that genotypes of Kuhdasht with a mean of 57.57, Saisons with a mean of 57.13, Azar 2 with a mean of 56.64 and Zagros with a mean of 56.60 had the highest germination duration mean and Chamran genotype with a mean of 46.39 had the lowest germination duration mean. On germination rate, also, Chamran genotype with a mean of 0.0218 had the best and Kuhdasht and Saisons genotypes with means of 0.0173 and 0.0175, respectively, had the lowest germination rate. Results to the data mean comparisons on fertilizer levels indicated that fosnutren liquid fertilizer was the best genotype in germination rate coefficient, germination duration mean and germination rate index. Finally, it could be mentioned that applying biological fertilizers which contain amino acids, could play a great positive role in wheat germination indices. (Elena Khabiri, Yousef Alaei, Seyed sajjad moosavi, Ali Mohammadpour Khanghah and Maryam Jafari. Effect of
Effect of the fractionation of the nitrogen fertilization applied to the wheat crop on the quality of its seed.
Seeds are an indispensable element in agricultural production and represent one of the means to improve crop yield and fertilization is essential for the production of high quality seeds. In the present work, the quality of the wheat seed was evaluated when the fertilizer-N is divided into different percentages. The varieties used were Gema C2004, Nana F2007 and Urbina S2007. The recommended N-P-K fertilization dose in the The Bajio region is 240-60-00. The fertilization-N divisions (FFN) were at planting, 45 days after sowing (dds) and 75 dds in the following percentages: 1) 00-00-00, 2) 100-00-00, 3) 00-100-00, 4) 50-50-00, 5) 00-50-50, 6) 70-30-00, 7) 30-70-00, 8) 00-30-70, 9) 00-70-30 and 10) 33-33-33. In the field the yield was evaluated, in the laboratory the physiological quality of the seed and in the greenhouse the vigor of the seedling in a sand bed. By fractionating the fertilizer-N at 30-70-00 and 33-33-33 the amount of m seeds increased, observing higher yields in wheat production compared to the recommended fertilization-N of 50-50-00 that currently used. The best emergency percentages were presented in the subdivisions 33-33-33, 30-70-00 and 70-30-00. Regarding vigor indexes IV-I and IV-II, the treatment that showed the highest values was 30-70-00. The FFN in which the best results were observed in the variables of yield, physiological seed quality and seedling vigor was 30-70-00.
Dormancy in Dioscorea: Gibberellin-Induced Inhibition or Promotion in Seed Germination of D. tokoro and D. tenuipes in Relation to Light Quality.
Effects of light and gibberellic acid (GA(3)) application on the germination of Dioscorea tokoro Makino and Dioscorea tenuipes Franch. et Savat. were observed. For complete germination, seeds of both species required prechilling in moist condition before incubation at a higher temperature. Red light irradiation during the incubation after the prechilling promoted germination; blue, green, or far red light markedly inhibited the germination of both species.Application of GA(3) induced complicated changes in the germination of both species in relation to light quality. In the germination of D. tokoro, GA(3) inhibited in the dark and red; however, it promoted germination in blue and far red light. GA(3) promoted germination of D. tenuipes in the dark and in blue, green, or far red light. These phenomena are explainable by assuming two counteractive reactions (germination-promoting and germination-inhibiting) which are both activated by applied GA(3).