Effect of Agronomic Treatment on Seed Germination and Dormancy: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 870
Special Issue Editors
Interests: seed dormancy; plant propagation; native plants; ornamental plants
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Interests: seed dormancy and germination
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Interests: seed dormancy and germination, perennials; flowering manipulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Seed germination is the most important stage in the life cycle of a plant. Seed dormancy is very important as a survival strategy for plants. However, the control of seed dormancy and germination is very important for the production of field and horticultural crops, as well as for weed management, among other things.
Although many studies related to seed dormancy and germination have been conducted, many questions remain. In addition, new technologies for breaking dormancy and promoting germination have been reported in recent times.
Therefore, this Special Issue will broaden our understanding of the agronomy-related seed dormancy phenomena of various crops and share information on germination control various technologies.
Potential topics related to the control of seed dormancy and germination using agronomic treatment include the following:
- Seed quality, storage, etc.;
- Seed pretreatments;
- Seed dormancy;
- Seed germination;
- Physical, chemical, and biological factors;
- Priming, coating, etc.;
- Perspectives on new seed technologies.
Dr. Seung Youn Lee
Prof. Dr. Duhyun Kim
Dr. Yong Ha Rhie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seed dormancy
- germination promotion
- seed enhancement
- plant hormones
- chemical treatments
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