Abstract
Poor seed germination obstructs the early and uniform seedling emergence at the sub-optimal conditions which can be a major setback to early spring cucumber growers. Different seed priming methods ought to be efficient solutions for the problem. To standardize the best priming method, an experiment was laid out in a Completely randomized design at the Horticulture lab of IAAS, Lamjung Campus. The treatment consisted of demineralized distilled water (hydropriming), hormonal priming (GA3 100ppm and GA3 200 ppm), halopriming (NaCl 0.5% and KNO3 0.5%), and non-primed seeds as control. The seeds were soaked in the respective treatment for 24 hours and then dried to initial moisture content under shade conditions. Observation recorded significantly highest germination percentage in GA3 100ppm (19.25%) and hydro priming (19.25%). The lowest mean germination time was found in GA3 100ppm (4.19days) which was significantly at par with GA3 200ppm (4.33days) and hydro priming (4.48days). The germination energy was found highest in GA3 100ppm (39.58) followed by GA3 200ppm (33.65) and dry weight was recorded highest in hydropriming (0.0252g) followed by GA3 100ppm (0.0250g) whereas the highest root length was observed in KNO3 priming (12.955cm) which is statistically at par with hydropriming (11.42cm), GA3 200 ppm (10.872cm) and NaCl priming (10.42cm). The plumule length was observed highest in KNO3 (13.00cm) followed by NaCl (11.25cm). All primed seeds showed increased seedling vigor compared to the unprimed seeds. The study showed that applied treatment notably increased the germination characteristics and seedling stand.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
GA3 100 ppm priming gave the highest germination percentage in cucumber (19.25%).
- Taxon
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- GA3 100ppme1
- Outcome
- germination percentagee1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 19.25%e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e1“significantly highest germination percentage in GA3 100ppm (19.25%) and hydro priming (19.25%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydropriming gave the highest germination percentage in cucumber (19.25%).
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- hydro priminge1
- Outcome
- germination percentagee1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 19.25%e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e1“significantly highest germination percentage in GA3 100ppm (19.25%) and hydro priming (19.25%)”
Claim · model-written summary
GA3 100 ppm priming gave the lowest mean germination time in cucumber (4.19 days), statistically at par with GA3 200 ppm and hydropriming.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- GA3 100ppme2
- Outcome
- mean germination timee2
- Direction
- loweste2
- Value
- 4.19dayse2
- Qualifier
- significantly at par with GA3 200ppm (4.33days) and hydro priming (4.48days)e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e2“The lowest mean germination time was found in GA3 100ppm (4.19days) which was significantly at par with GA3 200ppm (4.33days) and hydro priming (4.48days)”
Claim · model-written summary
GA3 100 ppm priming gave the highest germination energy in cucumber (39.58).
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- GA3 100ppme3
- Outcome
- germination energye3
- Direction
- higheste3
- Value
- 39.58e3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e3“The germination energy was found highest in GA3 100ppm (39.58)”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydropriming gave the highest seedling dry weight in cucumber (0.0252 g).
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- hydropriminge4
- Outcome
- dry weighte4
- Direction
- higheste4
- Value
- 0.0252ge4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e4“dry weight was recorded highest in hydropriming (0.0252g)”
Claim · model-written summary
KNO3 priming gave the highest root length in cucumber (12.955 cm), statistically at par with hydropriming.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- KNO3 priminge5
- Outcome
- root lengthe5
- Direction
- higheste5
- Value
- 12.955cme5
- Qualifier
- statistically at par with hydropriming (11.42cm)e5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e5“the highest root length was observed in KNO3 priming (12.955cm) which is statistically at par with hydropriming (11.42cm)”
Claim · model-written summary
KNO3 priming gave the highest plumule length in cucumber (13.00 cm), followed by NaCl.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- KNO3e6
- Outcome
- plumule lengthe6
- Direction
- higheste6
- Value
- 13.00cme6
- Qualifier
- followed by NaCl (11.25cm)e6
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e6“The plumule length was observed highest in KNO3 (13.00cm) followed by NaCl (11.25cm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Primed cucumber seeds showed increased seedling vigor compared with unprimed seeds.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- primed seedse7
- Outcome
- seedling vigore7
- Direction
- increasede7
- Comparator
- unprimed seedse7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e7“All primed seeds showed increased seedling vigor compared to the unprimed seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The applied seed priming increased germination characteristics and seedling stand in cucumber.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- applied treatmente0
- Outcome
- germination characteristics and seedling stande0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e0“The study showed that applied treatment notably increased the germination characteristics and seedling stand”
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