Effect of pretreatments on seed germination rate of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) populations

ÖNAL AŞCI Ö., ACAR Z., AYAN İ., BAŞARAN U., Mut H.

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, cilt.6, sa.13, ss.3055-3060, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 13
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3055-3060
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of the present study was to investigate effective methods in breaking the seed dormancy for red clover populations collected from Central-Black Sea Region of Turkey. To increase germination percentage of red clover, precooling, preheating, hot water, potassium nitrate and mechanical scarification were used. The results pointed out that there was a significant difference among the populations and treatments regarding germination rates. While average germination vigor of seeds was 29.4% in control treatments, it increased to 54.2% in mechanical scarification. Additionally preheating and precooling treatments were recommended.