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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (24): 109-112.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb16050127

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Influence of Different Processing Methods on 9 Species of Allium Seed Germination

Mao Zhuxin, Zhang Ying, Han Guijun, Yang Qunli, Dong Changgen, Zhang Ruibo   

  1. (Xi’ an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province, Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an 710061)
  • Received:2016-05-20 Revised:2016-06-03 Accepted:2016-06-20 Online:2016-08-29 Published:2016-08-29

Abstract: Abstracts: Allium plants have high nutritive and economic value. In order to protect and develop allium plants and screen out the optimum germination treatment, through the international seed communication channel of Xi’an botanical garden, 8 allium plants were collected from other botanical gardens in the world, and the influence of different processing methods (concentrated H2SO4, PEG and cold stratification treatment) on 9 species of allium seed germination was studied. The results showed that different treatments had different influences on seed germination. Both concentrated H2SO4 treatment for 5 min and 15% PEG treatment for 6 h could promote seed germination, the germination rate of 4 species was above 80% under concentrated H2SO4 treatment, but there was only one species under PEG treatment. Only 6 species could germinate under cold stratification treatment, and the germination rate was 7%-64%. Only 4 species could germinate under CK treatment, and the germination rate was 12%-57%. Concentrated H2SO4 treatment was the best among these three treatments, it could promote allium seed germination rate efficiently. Allium seed in this study had weak responses to concentrated H2SO4 and PEG, which might be related to dormancy mechanism and it needed further study.

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