Genotype, seed age and pH impacts on germination of alfalfa

2012
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Mandić, Violeta
Krnjaja, Vesna

Tomić, Zorica
Bijelić, Zorica
Žujović, Miroslav
Simić, Aleksandar

Prodanović, Slaven
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The aim of this investigation was to estimate the effects of pH levels of germination media (5, 6, 7 and 8) and seed age (9 and 1 years) on germination and early seedling growth in five Serbian alfalfa cultivars (K-22, K-23, NS Banat, NS Mediana and ZA-83). The experiment was conducted in the laboratory conditions of the Institute for Animal Husbandry in Belgrade in October 2010. Cultivars and seed age had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.01) on the germination energy (GE), germination (G), percentage of dead or infected seeds (DIS), percentage of hard seed (HS), normal (NS) and abnormal seedlings (AS), root length (RL), shoot length (ShL), seedling length (SeL), dry weight (DW) and seedling vigor index (SVI). The pH levels of germination media had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.01) on the GE, NS, AS, RL, ShL, SeL, fresh weight of seedling (FW), DW and SVI. Also pH had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.05) on the G and DIS. Results indicate genetic variability exists among Serbian alfalf...a cultivars for pH tolerance, which can be useful for alfalfa breeding program to develop alfalfa germplasm tolerant to this stress.
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alfalfa / cultivars / germination / early seedling growth / pHSource:
Romanian Biotechnological Letters, 2012, 17, 2, 7205-7211Publisher:
- Ars Docendi, Bucharest
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RIStocarTY - JOUR AU - Mandić, Violeta AU - Krnjaja, Vesna AU - Tomić, Zorica AU - Bijelić, Zorica AU - Žujović, Miroslav AU - Simić, Aleksandar AU - Prodanović, Slaven PY - 2012 UR - http://r.istocar.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/328 AB - The aim of this investigation was to estimate the effects of pH levels of germination media (5, 6, 7 and 8) and seed age (9 and 1 years) on germination and early seedling growth in five Serbian alfalfa cultivars (K-22, K-23, NS Banat, NS Mediana and ZA-83). The experiment was conducted in the laboratory conditions of the Institute for Animal Husbandry in Belgrade in October 2010. Cultivars and seed age had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.01) on the germination energy (GE), germination (G), percentage of dead or infected seeds (DIS), percentage of hard seed (HS), normal (NS) and abnormal seedlings (AS), root length (RL), shoot length (ShL), seedling length (SeL), dry weight (DW) and seedling vigor index (SVI). The pH levels of germination media had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.01) on the GE, NS, AS, RL, ShL, SeL, fresh weight of seedling (FW), DW and SVI. Also pH had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.05) on the G and DIS. Results indicate genetic variability exists among Serbian alfalfa cultivars for pH tolerance, which can be useful for alfalfa breeding program to develop alfalfa germplasm tolerant to this stress. PB - Ars Docendi, Bucharest T2 - Romanian Biotechnological Letters T1 - Genotype, seed age and pH impacts on germination of alfalfa VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 7205 EP - 7211 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_328 ER -
@article{ author = "Mandić, Violeta and Krnjaja, Vesna and Tomić, Zorica and Bijelić, Zorica and Žujović, Miroslav and Simić, Aleksandar and Prodanović, Slaven", year = "2012", abstract = "The aim of this investigation was to estimate the effects of pH levels of germination media (5, 6, 7 and 8) and seed age (9 and 1 years) on germination and early seedling growth in five Serbian alfalfa cultivars (K-22, K-23, NS Banat, NS Mediana and ZA-83). The experiment was conducted in the laboratory conditions of the Institute for Animal Husbandry in Belgrade in October 2010. Cultivars and seed age had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.01) on the germination energy (GE), germination (G), percentage of dead or infected seeds (DIS), percentage of hard seed (HS), normal (NS) and abnormal seedlings (AS), root length (RL), shoot length (ShL), seedling length (SeL), dry weight (DW) and seedling vigor index (SVI). The pH levels of germination media had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.01) on the GE, NS, AS, RL, ShL, SeL, fresh weight of seedling (FW), DW and SVI. Also pH had significant effect (p (lt) = 0.05) on the G and DIS. Results indicate genetic variability exists among Serbian alfalfa cultivars for pH tolerance, which can be useful for alfalfa breeding program to develop alfalfa germplasm tolerant to this stress.", publisher = "Ars Docendi, Bucharest", journal = "Romanian Biotechnological Letters", title = "Genotype, seed age and pH impacts on germination of alfalfa", volume = "17", number = "2", pages = "7205-7211", url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_328" }
Mandić, V., Krnjaja, V., Tomić, Z., Bijelić, Z., Žujović, M., Simić, A.,& Prodanović, S.. (2012). Genotype, seed age and pH impacts on germination of alfalfa. in Romanian Biotechnological Letters Ars Docendi, Bucharest., 17(2), 7205-7211. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_328
Mandić V, Krnjaja V, Tomić Z, Bijelić Z, Žujović M, Simić A, Prodanović S. Genotype, seed age and pH impacts on germination of alfalfa. in Romanian Biotechnological Letters. 2012;17(2):7205-7211. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_328 .
Mandić, Violeta, Krnjaja, Vesna, Tomić, Zorica, Bijelić, Zorica, Žujović, Miroslav, Simić, Aleksandar, Prodanović, Slaven, "Genotype, seed age and pH impacts on germination of alfalfa" in Romanian Biotechnological Letters, 17, no. 2 (2012):7205-7211, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_328 .