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Vol.2 , No. 5, Publication Date: Sep. 9, 2015, Page: 258-261
 Seed&description=Experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of seed treatment on germination of <i>Cuscuta campestris</i>. This may provide the possible ways to overcome the problem of dormancy in <i>Cuscuta campestris</i>. The experiment were conducted in the Laboratory of Crop Production and Horticulture, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, using wet heat treatment and gibberellic acid (GA3). For wet heat the treatments were control, 1 second, 2, 3, 4, and 5 seconds. For gibberellic acid (GA3) the treatment were control, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 ppm laid out in a Split plot design replicated three times. The results showed that wet heat treatment for 5 seconds significantly produced the highest germinated <i>C. campestris</i> seeds (36.53 %) than the control treatments. The effect of interaction between the giberrellic acid (GA3) and the soaking time shows 250 ppm GA3 and soaking time of 36 hours had significantly the highest germination percentage (4.50 %) of <i>C. campestris</i> seeds compared with the control (0.79 %), 50 ppm (0.99 %) and 200 ppm (1.98 %) treatments. It can be concluded that wet heat for 5 seconds and of 250 ppm GA3 and soaking time of 36 hours treatments has the potentiality to break dormancy of <i>C. campestris </i>seeds.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/902.jpg)
| [1] | Mustapha A. B., Department of Crop Production and Horticulture, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria. |
| [2] | Gworgwor N. A., Department Crop Science, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria. |
| [3] | Tame V. T., Department of Crop Production and Horticulture, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria. |
Experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of seed treatment on germination of Cuscuta campestris. This may provide the possible ways to overcome the problem of dormancy in Cuscuta campestris. The experiment were conducted in the Laboratory of Crop Production and Horticulture, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, using wet heat treatment and gibberellic acid (GA3). For wet heat the treatments were control, 1 second, 2, 3, 4, and 5 seconds. For gibberellic acid (GA3) the treatment were control, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 ppm laid out in a Split plot design replicated three times. The results showed that wet heat treatment for 5 seconds significantly produced the highest germinated C. campestris seeds (36.53 %) than the control treatments. The effect of interaction between the giberrellic acid (GA3) and the soaking time shows 250 ppm GA3 and soaking time of 36 hours had significantly the highest germination percentage (4.50 %) of C. campestris seeds compared with the control (0.79 %), 50 ppm (0.99 %) and 200 ppm (1.98 %) treatments. It can be concluded that wet heat for 5 seconds and of 250 ppm GA3 and soaking time of 36 hours treatments has the potentiality to break dormancy of C. campestris seeds.
Keywords
Dormancy, Scarification, Germination, Cuscuta campestris
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