ISHS Acta Horticulturae 579: II Balkan Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes
THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT SALT, BIOSTIMULANT AND TEMPERATURE LEVELS ON SEED GERMINATION OF SOME VEGETABLE SPECIES |
| Authors: | E. Yildirim, A. Dursun, I. Güvenc, A.M. Kumlay |
| Keywords: | Vegetable seed germination, salt, biostimulant, temperature |
| Abstract:
This research was conducted to determine the effects of two biostimulants (humic acid and biozyme) or three different salt (NaCl) concentrations on parsley, leek, cel-ery, tomato, onion, lettuce, basil, radish and garden cress seed germination at 10, 15, 20 and 25 0C. It was resulted that two applications of both biostimulants increased seed germination of parsley, celery and leek at all temperature treatments. Germina-tion rate of the vegetables decreased depending on high salt concentrations. Garden cress had the highest germination percentage when it was compared to the other vegetable species at different salt and temperature levels. Interaction among NaCI(salt concentrations) and temperatures, and biostimulants and temperatures were significant at p=0.001 in all of the vegetable species except onion in NaCI (salt concentrations) and temperatures compared to that of the control. | |
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