Effects of ‘on-farm seed priming’ on consecutive daily sowing occasions on the emergence and growth of maize in semi-arid Zimbabwe

Murungu, F. S.; Chiduza, C.; Nyamugafata, P.; Clark, L. J.; Whalley, W. R.; Finch‐Savage, William E.

doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2004.01.020

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“…Perhaps, it is an indication shows that primed seed have short storage duration compared with non-primed. This is consistent with what mentioned by Murungu et al (2004), Ashraf and Foolad (2005), Cheyed (2008), Moradi and Younesi (2009), Al-Selawy (2011) and Nawaz (2013.…”

Section: Yield Of Grain Per Plant (G)supporting

confidence: 80%

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Seed priming effect on field emergence and grain yield in sorghum

Al-Baldawi¹,

Hamza²

2017

JCEA

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Most cultivars of sorghum have low field emergence as common problem. Three experiments were carried out at Agriculture College, Baghdad University. First experiment was conducted in laboratory according to Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with four replicates. Second and third experiments were conducted at field according to Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) during the spring and the fall seasons of 2015, respectively, with four replicates for each one. Same two factors were studied at each experiment. First factor was seed priming by seed soaking for 10 hours in distilled water, solvents of GA3, KCl and thiamine (300, 40 and 30 mg*L -1 , respectively) and non-primed seed. Second factor was three cultivars of sorghum (Inqath, Kafier and Rabeh). The aim was to improve field emergence and grain yield of sorghum under wide range of environmental conditions by using seed priming. Data were analyzed at P˂0.05. The results showed significant effects of seed priming, cultivars of sorghum and their interaction on most traits under this study. A significant superiority of interaction was found between thiamine and Rabeh on length of plumule and dry weight of seedling at laboratory experiment. A significant superiority of interaction was found between thiamine and Rabeh on percentage of field emergence and total grain yield during spring season. A significant superiority of interaction was found between KCl and Inqath on percentage of field emergence and total grain yield during fall season. It can be concluded that technique of seed priming is effective to improve field emergence and grain yield of sorghum under wide range of environmental conditions.

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“…Seed priming technique means control on process of seed imbibition during soaking or moisturizing and allows proceeding with metabolic events before planting without allowing emergence of radicle or plumule (Murungu et al, 2004;Nawaz, 2013). Seed priming technique is being developed to include many methods.…”

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Seed priming effect on field emergence and grain yield in sorghum

Al-Baldawi¹,

Hamza²

2017

JCEA

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“…On-farm priming was also found successful in enhancing the kernel and straw yield of direct-seeded rice (Rehman et al 2011). Enhancements in grain yields by on-farm priming under adverse arid conditions were also reported for other crops (Harris et al 2001;Murungu et al 2004). Late sowing when coupled with water deficits (drought periods or less available irrigation water) severely affects crop growth and yields of wheat.…”

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Seed priming improves irrigation water use efficiency, yield, and yield components of late-sown wheat under limited water conditions

Ali¹,

IQBAL²,

Sarwar³

et al. 2013

Turk J Agric For

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“…Due to the priming treatments, Primed crops grew more vigorously, flowered earlier , increase in leaf area index , dry matter accumulation and ultimately more seed yield .Increased leaf area duration due to early emergence by priming might have enhanced yield by increasing the amount of light intercepted by canopy throughout the season (Henckel,1964;Scotte et al, 1973. Murungu et al(2004) reported that Effects of on-farm seed priming on consecutive daily sowing occasions on the emergence and growth of maize in semi-arid Zim babwe,There was little effect of priming on growth, time to flowering and maturity or yield of plants .…”

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Effect of seed priming on dry matter, seed size and morphological characters in wheat cultivar

Yari¹,

Abbasian²

2011

ABJNA

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E-Mail: yaril2001@yahoo.com In order to evaluate the effect of seed priming on dry matter, seed size ,and morphological characters of wheat, a 2-year experiment was conducted at seed and plant certification & registration Institute (SPCRI) in Karaj, Iran, from 2008. Two cultivars (Azar-2, Sardare-101) × four priming media and control (unsoaked) were used in this experiment in field. Seeds were primed for 12 hour and 20 °C in four priming media (PEG 10%, KCl 2%, KH 2 PO 4 0/5%, distilled water) and control. Results of comparing means of cultivar showed that maximum seed length ,awn length was observed in sardari-101.Seed priming treatment had significant effects on leaf area in plant, dry matter ,harvest index and awn length.Incondactive interaction between seed priming treatment ×cultivar, maximum dry matter and leaf area in plant was obtained in Azar-2× KCl 2% and sardari-101 × KH 2 PO 4 0/5% respectively. The most harvest index (HI) was observed in sardari-101 × KH 2 PO 4 0/5%× second year.Results of interaction between year × cultivar showed that maximum spike length was achieved from sardari-101 × second year .In comparing of seed priming treatments on HI,not significant different among PEG 10%,water and control. Seed width, seed diameter, spike length ,seed length and awn length had significant different in second year(p<0.01).Inconculusion the result of the study have shown that seed priming treatments had different effect on characters in this experiment.

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Effects of ‘on-farm seed priming’ on consecutive daily sowing occasions on the emergence and growth of maize in semi-arid Zimbabwe

Cited by 79 publications

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Seed priming effect on field emergence and grain yield in sorghum

Seed priming effect on field emergence and grain yield in sorghum

Seed priming improves irrigation water use efficiency, yield, and yield components of late-sown wheat under limited water conditions

Effect of seed priming on dry matter, seed size and morphological characters in wheat cultivar

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