Abstract
Current study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different seed priming and foliar spray of micronutrients on bread wheat performance in semi-arid region in Northwest of Iran. Pre-sowing treatments were S1: no pre-sowing treatment (intact seeds), S2: hydro-priming, S3: bio-priming (seed inoculation with plant promoting rhizobacteria consortium: Azotobacter chroococcum + Azospirillum lipoferum), S4: micronutrient seed priming and foliar feeding include, check (0): distilled water spray, Fe: foliar spray of iron, Zn: foliar spray of zinc. All seed priming treatments significantly increased plant height, tiller number, canopy width, total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spike and seed yield compared to intact seeds. A brief comparison of the effect of seed priming and fertilizer treatments showed that the effects of priming treatments on improving growth and seed yield was more obvious than fertilizer treatments. The greatest increase in seed yield and yield components was recorded for plants grown from bio-fortified seeds by essential trace elements. However, comparison of fertilizer treatments showed that growth parameters were significantly affected by Zn application. From the present study, it may be concluded that combined seed priming through pre-sowing hydration, soaking in micronutrients and microbial inoculation is useful to enhance wheat production and agricultural sustainability for smallholder farmers in semi-arid region.
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Claim · model-written summary
Seed priming increased wheat growth and yield traits compared with intact seeds.
- Taxon
- bread wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- seed priming treatmentse1
- Outcome
- plant height, tiller number, canopy widthe1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- intact seedse1
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e0“bread wheat”
e1“All seed priming treatments significantly increased plant height, tiller number, canopy width, total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spike and seed yield compared to intact seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed priming increased wheat biomass, spike mass, and seed number per spike.
- Taxon
- bread wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- seed priming treatmentse1
- Outcome
- total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spikee1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- intact seedse1
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e0“bread wheat”
e1“All seed priming treatments significantly increased plant height, tiller number, canopy width, total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spike and seed yield compared to intact seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed priming increased wheat seed yield compared with intact seeds.
- Taxon
- bread wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- seed priming treatmentse1
- Outcome
- seed yielde1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- intact seedse1
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e0“bread wheat”
e1“All seed priming treatments significantly increased plant height, tiller number, canopy width, total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spike and seed yield compared to intact seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Priming improved growth and seed yield more than fertilizer treatments.
- Taxon
- bread wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- priming treatmentse1
- Outcome
- growth and seed yielde1
- Direction
- more obviouse1
- Comparator
- fertilizer treatmentse1
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e0“bread wheat”
e1“effects of priming treatments on improving growth and seed yield was more obvious than fertilizer treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Trace-element biofortified seeds produced the greatest seed yield and yield-component increase.
- Taxon
- bread wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- bio-fortified seeds by essential trace elementse1
- Outcome
- seed yield and yield componentse1
- Direction
- greatest increasee1
Not reportedComparator
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e0“bread wheat”
e1“greatest increase in seed yield and yield components was recorded for plants grown from bio-fortified seeds by essential trace elements”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc application significantly affected growth parameters.
- Taxon
- bread wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Zn applicatione1
- Outcome
- growth parameterse1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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e0“bread wheat”
e1“growth parameters were significantly affected by Zn application”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend combined seed priming for wheat production.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Outcome
- enhance wheat production and agricultural sustainabilitye0
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Verbatim
e0“combined seed priming through pre-sowing hydration, soaking in micronutrients and microbial inoculation is useful to enhance wheat production and agricultural sustainability”
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