Osmotic priming of rice seeds subjected to low temperatures

Aiming at verifying effects of priming on germination and emergence of seeds subjected to low temperatures, rice seeds (cv. IRGA 418) were primed into a KNO3 solution during 24, 48, and 72 h, at 20 °C; and into distilled water, for 24 h (control). Germination (G), first count of germination (FCG), a...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Reolon Tonel, Patrícia Marini, Juliana de Magalhães Bandeira, Ana Carolina Silveira da Silva, Norton Victor Sampaio, Francisco Amaral Villela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Series:Journal of Seed Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372013000200013&lng=en&tlng=en