ISHS Acta Horticulturae 362: International Symposium on Agrotechnics and Storage of Vegetable and Ornamental Seeds
SALINITY AND SEED GERMINATION OF SOME VEGETABLE CROPS |
| Authors: | G. Cucci, A. De Caro, L. Ciciretti, B. Leoni |
| Keywords: | salinity, vegetable crop germination |
| Abstract:
This note reports on the results of a climatic chamber trial aimed at testing the influence of salinity on seed germination in the following vegetable crops: chicory, tomato, bean, egg-plant, spinach and cow-pea. The results obtained show that the salinity threshold beyond which significant germinability reductions were observed, ranged from 6 to 16 dS m-1, with bean and egg-plant as the most sensitive, and chicory and spinach as the most resistant. | |
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