Author/Authors :
Mohammadi, J. islamic azad university - Horticultural Department, ايران , Olfati-Chirani, J.A. university of guilan - Horticultural Department, رشت, ايران , Khasmakhi-Sabet, S.A. islamic azad university - Horticultural Department, ايران , Golshani, M. islamic azad university - Horticultural Department, ايران , Mortazavi, S.N. islamic azad university - Horticultural Department, ايران , Jafari, F. islamic azad university - Horticultural Department, ايران
Abstract :
Persian shallot grows as a wild plant in some mountains of Iran, The aim of our research was to study the relationship between different temperatures, seed age and duration of sulfuric acid treatment on Persian shallot seed germination. The interactive effect of incubation temperature, seed age and scarification treatments had a significant effect on the germination and emergence percentage of Persian shallot. It is concluded that suitable condition for Persian shallot seed germination is scarification of one year old seeds with sulfuric acid for 15 min, and stratification at 4^oC. In fact Persian shallot seeds need both scarification and stratification for germination enhancement.
Keywords :
Persian shallot , Allium aflatunense L. , germination , scarification , stratification
