PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS BY WHICH ULTRASONIC WAVES AFFECT SEEDS
Mohammad Eteghadi Pour
Department of Water and Soil, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Mahsa Hobbi
Faculty of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Hadi Ghasemi
Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Meisam Nazari
meisam.nazari1991@gmail.comF Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 5, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstraße, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany (Germany)
Abstract
To study the effect of sonication on the seed germination percentage and rate as well as the cell area of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) a laboratorial experiment was performed as Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 3 replications. The results indicated that the ultrasonic waves affect the seed germination, germination rate and cell area significantly (at 0.05). The results of the mean comparison tests (LSD, 0.05) showed that the highest germination percentage (100 %), germination rate and cell area (1370.71 µ2 ) is achieved through 15 minutes exposure to ultrasonic waves. It is concluded that weakening the seed’s cell wall rigidity by sonication results in more and faster water imbibition by the cells and improved germination.
Keywords:
cell area, barley, germination, seed dormancy breaking, sonicationReferences
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Mohammad Eteghadi PourDepartment of Water and Soil, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Mahsa HobbiFaculty of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Hadi GhasemiDepartment of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Meisam Nazarimeisam.nazari1991@gmail.com
F Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 5, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstraße, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany Germany
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