A Comparison of Electric Field Treatments to Hydropriming on Cucumber Seed Germination Enhancement

Authors

  • Rukui Huang Vegetable Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China.
  • Sutevee Sukprakarn Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Lop Phavaphutanon Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Sunanta Juntakool Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Chaiwat Chaikul Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

hydropriming, electric field, germination, membrane permeability

Abstract

Three cucumber seed lots: ‘Bingo I’, ‘Bingo II’ and ‘HB128’ were subjected to hydropriming and electric field treatments. The optimum conditions of these two treatments were seed lot dependent. Seed germination and the membrane permeability (electrical conductivity of seed leachates) were tested after the treatments. Hydropriming increased the germination speed of all three seed lots, as well as the germination percentage of ‘HB128’. Electric field treatment enhanced the germination percentage in both ‘Bingo II’ (the low germination seed lot) and ‘HB128’, but had no effect on ‘Bingo I’ (the high germination seed lot). The electrical conductivity of ‘Bingo I’ and ‘Bingo II’ was significantly reduced by both hydropriming and electric field treatments. However, a slight increase in the electrical conductivity of ‘HB128’ was also observed.

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Published

2006-06-30

How to Cite

Rukui Huang, Sutevee Sukprakarn, Lop Phavaphutanon, Sunanta Juntakool, and Chaiwat Chaikul. 2006. “A Comparison of Electric Field Treatments to Hydropriming on Cucumber Seed Germination Enhancement”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 40 (3). Bangkok, Thailand:559-65. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/243704.

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 3 (2006): May-June

Section

Research Article

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