<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During the study, the seeds of seven sweet basil cultivars were treated with 100 ppm solutions of gibberellic acid or ascorbic acid prior to a 14-day germination experiment. Values of the first day of germination, germination energy, germinability, mean time and rate of germination, and uncertainty and synchrony of germination were calculated. The results show that both of the substances altered the measured parameters, priming with gibberellic acid proving to be a more effective way to enhance the germination of basil seeds. Also, they revealed major differences among the germination parameters of the examined cultivars.</p></abstract>

During the study, the seeds of seven sweet basil cultivars were treated with 100 ppm solutions of gibberellic acid or ascorbic acid prior to a 14-day germination experiment. Values of the first day of germination, germination energy, germinability, mean time and rate of germination, and uncertainty and synchrony of germination were calculated. The results show that both of the substances altered the measured parameters, priming with gibberellic acid proving to be a more effective way to enhance the germination of basil seeds. Also, they revealed major differences among the germination parameters of the examined cultivars.

Changes in germination parameters of seven sweet basil (<italic>Ocimum basilicum</italic> L.) varieties due to treating with gibberellic and ascorbic acids

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu-Mureş, Department of Horticulture

University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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Changes in germination parameters of seven sweet basil ( L.) varieties due to treating with gibberellic and ascorbic acids

During the study, the seeds of seven sweet basil cultivars were treated with 100 ppm solutions of gibberellic acid or ascorbic acid prior to a 14-day...

Changes in germination parameters of seven sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) varieties due to treating with gibberellic and ascorbic acids

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 83 - 94

Received: Jun 22, 2019

Accepted: Aug 12, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausae-2019-0008

Keywords
enhance, germinability, priming

© 2019 Béla Biró-Janka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Changes in germination parameters of seven sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) varieties due to treating with gibberellic and ascorbic acids

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 83 - 94

Received: Jun 22, 2019

Accepted: Aug 12, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausae-2019-0008

Keywordsenhance, germinability, priming

© 2019 Béla Biró-Janka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
enhance, germinability, priming