2016/11/23 by Εlias Pipinis, Athanasios Stampoulidis, Elias Milios +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Seed Germination and Physiology #African Botany and Ecology Studies #Plant tissue culture and regeneration
paper · pdf · doi:10.21010/ajtcam.v14i1.34
openalex publication_date 2016/11/23 · openalex created_date 2016/11/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
BACKGROUND: are a good source of antioxidants, of vitamins C, E and carotenoids and also are characterized by the high content of mineral elements. MATERIALS AND METHODS: (500, 1000 or 2000 ppm) for 24 h and subsequently were subjected to CS at 3 - 5°C for 0, 1, 2, and 3 months. RESULTS: and they germinated at high percentages. However, in untreated seeds with GA3, after a one-month CS period the seeds of the Pieria provenance exhibited higher germination percentage than that of Rodopi provenance seeds. Furthermore, in non-stratified seeds, the Pieria provenance seeds treated with GA3 germinated at higher percentages and more rapidly than those of the other two provenances. CONCLUSION: The results indicated that untreated seeds exhibited very low germination at 20/25°C. However, in all three provenances seed germinability was significantly improved by a one-month period of CS or treatment of seeds with 2000 ppm GA3. Furthermore, there was a considerable variability among seed provenances in response to the treatments which were applied.