Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth
Seed treatments have a potential to improve seed performance traits and consequently optimize crop establishment. However, there is a lack of systematic research for these techniques in lucerne, especially under field conditions. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential of various see...
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| author | Ondřej Szabó Martin Pisarčik Zuzana Hrevušová Josef Hakl |
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| description | Seed treatments have a potential to improve seed performance traits and consequently optimize crop establishment. However, there is a lack of systematic research for these techniques in lucerne, especially under field conditions. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential of various seed treatments on the improvement of lucerne germination and emergence under lab conditions and early seedling growth in the field. Compared treatments were heat treatment; seed priming with water, potassium permanganate, chitosan, vermitea, or bokashi juice; and seed coating with cinnamon, gypsum, wood ash, tannin quebracho, and cocoa powder. Among the seed priming methods, potassium permanganate and chitosan provided the best results in the improvement of seedling length or emergence dynamics, whilst coating with bentonite and gypsum could be recommended for having a positive impact on root development. Cinnamon powder significantly improved the emergence dynamics, seedling, and shoot length. The combination of priming and coating methods seems to be the most effective when assessed under the field conditions, where some positive response in root traits can be evaluated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12d846c342384d1da5e2cdbceb2f27742023-11-19T09:09:04ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952023-08-01139220710.3390/agronomy13092207Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field GrowthOndřej Szabó0Martin Pisarčik1Zuzana Hrevušová2Josef Hakl3Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecology and Crop Production, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecology and Crop Production, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecology and Crop Production, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech RepublicSeed treatments have a potential to improve seed performance traits and consequently optimize crop establishment. However, there is a lack of systematic research for these techniques in lucerne, especially under field conditions. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential of various seed treatments on the improvement of lucerne germination and emergence under lab conditions and early seedling growth in the field. Compared treatments were heat treatment; seed priming with water, potassium permanganate, chitosan, vermitea, or bokashi juice; and seed coating with cinnamon, gypsum, wood ash, tannin quebracho, and cocoa powder. Among the seed priming methods, potassium permanganate and chitosan provided the best results in the improvement of seedling length or emergence dynamics, whilst coating with bentonite and gypsum could be recommended for having a positive impact on root development. Cinnamon powder significantly improved the emergence dynamics, seedling, and shoot length. The combination of priming and coating methods seems to be the most effective when assessed under the field conditions, where some positive response in root traits can be evaluated.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/9/2207alfalfaseed primingseed coatingchitosanpotassium permanganategypsum |
| spellingShingle | Ondřej Szabó Martin Pisarčik Zuzana Hrevušová Josef Hakl Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth Agronomy alfalfa seed priming seed coating chitosan potassium permanganate gypsum |
| title | Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth |
| title_full | Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth |
| title_fullStr | Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth |
| title_short | Seed Treatment Potential for the Improvement of Lucerne Seed Performance and Early Field Growth |
| title_sort | seed treatment potential for the improvement of lucerne seed performance and early field growth |
| topic | alfalfa seed priming seed coating chitosan potassium permanganate gypsum |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/9/2207 |
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