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Soaking seeds in potassium nitrate solutions were effective priming treatments

The study consisted of three experiments and was conducted to evaluate the effect of elevated temperatures and varying concentrations of potassium nitrate (KNO3) and gibberellic acid (GA3) on germination of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) seeds. For all experiments, seeds of cultivar ‘Kapoho Solo’ were planted 0,5 cm deep in plastic pots containing moistened No. 2 grade vermiculite. All experiments were arranged as randomized complete block designs and consisted of 4 replications of 50 seeds/replication.

In the first experiment seeds were soaked in aqueous solutions of GA3 at 0,0; 0,6; 1,2; or 1,8 mM, or in KNO3 at 0, 0,5 or 1,0 M for 15 min prior to sowing. After priming the seeds were sown into pots and were placed either on heated (35 ±5°C) or non-heated (25 ±5°C) benches in a fiberglass greenhouse. Seeds soaked in KNO3 or GA3 for 15 minutes exhibited an increased percentage emergence and a reduced time for 50% seedling emergence in comparison to seeds soaked in water. Increasing the KNO3 concentration from 0 to 1,0 M increased percentage seedling emergence. Seeds treated with KNO3 had a higher overall percentage seedling emergence than GA3treatments at both temperatures.

In the second experiment seeds were soaked in distilled water, in 1,0 M solutions of KNO3, CaNO3, KCl or CaCl2 for 15 minutes. The seeds were planted and grown on non-heated (25 ±5°C) benches under greenhouse conditions. Potassium nitrate treatment had the highest percentage seedling emergence and shortest time to 50% seedling emergence (Table 1). Soaking seeds in KNO3 or GAbefore or after drying for 2 weeks in the third experiment did not alter the effects of KNO3 or GA3.

Table 1.  The effect of soaking papaya seeds for 15 minutes in chemical solutions (treatments) on seedling emergence of papaya seeds.

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Furutani, S. C. and M.A. Nagao. 1987. Influence of temperature, KNO3, GA3 and seed drying on emergence of papaya seedlings. Scientia Horticulturae, 32: 67-72.

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