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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nouman, Wasif
• SHAHZAD MAQSOOD AHMED BASRA
• MUHAMMAD TAHIR SIDDIQUI
• RASHID AHMED KHAN
• Mehmood, Sultan

Titel

Seed Priming Improves the Growth and Nutritional Quality of Rangeland Grasses

Ist Teil von

• International journal of agriculture and biology, 2012-10, Vol.14 (5)

Ort / Verlag

Faisalabad: AsiaNet Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Matripriming through jute mat and moringa leaf extract (MLE) priming are innovative priming tools to increase the germination, plant vigor and nutritional quality. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of seed priming employing these non-chemical strategies to improve the emergence, root vigor and nutritional quality of three range grasses i.e., Cenchrus ciliaris, Panicum antidotale and Echinochloa crusgalli. Seeds of range grasses were primed with hydropriming, matripriming (placing between saturated jute mat layers) and MLE priming for 24 h. The primed seeds were sown in pots with unprimed treatment as control under wire-house conditions. Matripriming and MLE priming significantly increased crude protein and mineral contents in all three range grasses. MLE priming was more effective in improving emergence, root vigor, crude protein and phosphorous contents in comparison with other treatments. In case of C. ciliaris and P. antidotale, maximum potassium, calcium and magnesium contents were found when the seeds were primed with MLE, while in the case of E. crusgalli, matripriming was more effective in improving potassium calcium and magnesium contents. It is concluded that matripriming and MLE priming are effective priming tools to increase the nutritional quality of rangeland grasses. These strategies can be easily adapted with low economic pressure on farmers and rangeland developers. Furthermore, these techniques can also be experimented on other plants having economic importance. copyright 2012 Friends Science Publishers