Hydro-Priming Effects on Seed Germination and Field Performance of Faba Bean in Spring Sowing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Laboratory Trials
2.2. Field Trials
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Laboratory Trials
3.2. Field Trials
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Growth Period | Variable | 2013 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|
Entire growing season | Mean temperature (°C) | 18.1 | 16.6 |
Total rainfall (mm) | 259.5 | 241.7 | |
Two weeks after sowing | Mean temperature (°C) | 8.5 | 8.9 |
Total rainfall (mm) | 64.3 | 7.2 | |
Two weeks before anthesis | Mean temperature (°C) | 22.2 | 22.4 |
Total rainfall (mm) | 3.4 | 14.6 | |
Two weeks after anthesis | Maximum temperature (°C) | 27.7 | 22.5 |
Total rainfall (mm) | 4.2 | 24.6 |
Duration | FG (%) | GS (Seed Day−1) | TGI (Seed Day−1) | MGT (Day) | MDG (Seed Day−1) | SI (Unitless) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 h | 91.1 ab | 2.04 c | 13.59 d | 7.03 a | 6.51 ab | 2.36 a |
8 h | 95.6 a | 2.56 a | 17.08 ab | 5.81 d | 6.83 a | 1.99 ab |
16 h | 97.8 a | 2.58 a | 17.17 ab | 5.96 d | 6.98 a | 1.96 b |
24 h | 95.6 a | 2.37 ab | 15.83 bc | 6.28 bcd | 6.83 a | 1.87 b |
36 h | 88.9 ab | 2.22 bc | 14.79 c | 6.27 bcd | 6.35 ab | 1.79 b |
48 h | 84.4 b | 2.10 bc | 14.01 c | 6.32 bcd | 6.03 b | 1.76 b |
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Damalas, C.A.; Koutroubas, S.D.; Fotiadis, S. Hydro-Priming Effects on Seed Germination and Field Performance of Faba Bean in Spring Sowing. Agriculture 2019, 9, 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9090201
Damalas CA, Koutroubas SD, Fotiadis S. Hydro-Priming Effects on Seed Germination and Field Performance of Faba Bean in Spring Sowing. Agriculture. 2019; 9(9):201. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9090201
Chicago/Turabian StyleDamalas, Christos A., Spyridon D. Koutroubas, and Sideris Fotiadis. 2019. "Hydro-Priming Effects on Seed Germination and Field Performance of Faba Bean in Spring Sowing" Agriculture 9, no. 9: 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9090201