Germination of seeds and growth of seedling respond to seed priming as priming can guard the damage of salinity stress. A study conducted in the net house of the Department of Agronomy, BAU, Mymensingh during the peri...Germination of seeds and growth of seedling respond to seed priming as priming can guard the damage of salinity stress. A study conducted in the net house of the Department of Agronomy, BAU, Mymensingh during the period from November 2012 to April 2013 investigated the ameliorative effect of seed priming on seed germination and seedling attributes of maize under various salinity stress conditions. The experiment consisted of five seed priming and four salinity levels (NaCl) and laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Seed germination and seedling attributes of maize varied due to salinity stress and priming. The highest seed germination (95.7%) was recorded when no stress was imposed under hydropriming (48 hours). The germination of seeds performed even well (92.3%) when treated with hydropriming (48 hours) and NaCl@0.25 dS·m-1 which was followed by hydropriming (24 hours) under no salinity imposed and NaCl@0.25 dS·m-1 salinity. Hydropriming for 48 hours without salt stress performed the best on number of leaves seedling-1 (8), shoot length (28.2 cm), root length (14.5 cm), fresh weight (100.8 g) and dry weight of seedling (50.3 g). The germination and seedling growth parameters were reduced with the increase in salinity levels irrespective of priming while all seed priming treatments showed ameliorative effects. However, reduction in seed germination and seedling attributes were minimal with hydropriming for 48 hours. The results revealed that priming of maize seeds could be used for amelioration of salinity stress and hydropriming for 48 hours appeared as the best seed priming treatment.展开更多
BRRI dhan70 is a new aromatic, high yielding and extra-long slender grain containing transplanted Aman rice variety which is an improvement over existing premium quality rice BRRI dhan37. BRRI dhan70 has pleasingly pa...BRRI dhan70 is a new aromatic, high yielding and extra-long slender grain containing transplanted Aman rice variety which is an improvement over existing premium quality rice BRRI dhan37. BRRI dhan70 has pleasingly passed in the proposed variety trial conducted in the farmers’ field. As a result National Seed Board (NSB) approved this variety for commercial cultivation in the wet season (T. Aman) of Bangladesh in 2015. The important feature of BRRI dhan70 is the straw colored extra-long slender, higher elongation ability and aroma of the cooked rice. The growth duration of BRRI dhan70 is 130 days which is 10-15 days earlier growth duration than BRRI dhan37. Thousand grain weight of the variety is 20 gm and it has colored grain tip and pointed awn. The rice has 21.7% amylose content with 9.5% protein content. The special character of the variety is lodging tolerance. It has long, erect deep green flag leaf. BRRI dhan70 can produce 4.8-5.0 t/ha yield with proper management which is approximately 1.0-1.35 t/ha higher yield than BRRI dhan37. The exportable aromatic rice BRRI dhan70 is an excellent variety for cultivating in the wet (T. Aman) season and farmers can be benefited by the cultivation of BRRI dhan70.展开更多
文摘Germination of seeds and growth of seedling respond to seed priming as priming can guard the damage of salinity stress. A study conducted in the net house of the Department of Agronomy, BAU, Mymensingh during the period from November 2012 to April 2013 investigated the ameliorative effect of seed priming on seed germination and seedling attributes of maize under various salinity stress conditions. The experiment consisted of five seed priming and four salinity levels (NaCl) and laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Seed germination and seedling attributes of maize varied due to salinity stress and priming. The highest seed germination (95.7%) was recorded when no stress was imposed under hydropriming (48 hours). The germination of seeds performed even well (92.3%) when treated with hydropriming (48 hours) and NaCl@0.25 dS·m-1 which was followed by hydropriming (24 hours) under no salinity imposed and NaCl@0.25 dS·m-1 salinity. Hydropriming for 48 hours without salt stress performed the best on number of leaves seedling-1 (8), shoot length (28.2 cm), root length (14.5 cm), fresh weight (100.8 g) and dry weight of seedling (50.3 g). The germination and seedling growth parameters were reduced with the increase in salinity levels irrespective of priming while all seed priming treatments showed ameliorative effects. However, reduction in seed germination and seedling attributes were minimal with hydropriming for 48 hours. The results revealed that priming of maize seeds could be used for amelioration of salinity stress and hydropriming for 48 hours appeared as the best seed priming treatment.
文摘BRRI dhan70 is a new aromatic, high yielding and extra-long slender grain containing transplanted Aman rice variety which is an improvement over existing premium quality rice BRRI dhan37. BRRI dhan70 has pleasingly passed in the proposed variety trial conducted in the farmers’ field. As a result National Seed Board (NSB) approved this variety for commercial cultivation in the wet season (T. Aman) of Bangladesh in 2015. The important feature of BRRI dhan70 is the straw colored extra-long slender, higher elongation ability and aroma of the cooked rice. The growth duration of BRRI dhan70 is 130 days which is 10-15 days earlier growth duration than BRRI dhan37. Thousand grain weight of the variety is 20 gm and it has colored grain tip and pointed awn. The rice has 21.7% amylose content with 9.5% protein content. The special character of the variety is lodging tolerance. It has long, erect deep green flag leaf. BRRI dhan70 can produce 4.8-5.0 t/ha yield with proper management which is approximately 1.0-1.35 t/ha higher yield than BRRI dhan37. The exportable aromatic rice BRRI dhan70 is an excellent variety for cultivating in the wet (T. Aman) season and farmers can be benefited by the cultivation of BRRI dhan70.
