Abstract
The practical utility of seed pre-treatment is well documented. Seed pre-treatment has been utilized to improve the germination of different crop species. In the present study, the effect of pre-treatment of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seeds, which is one of the important vegetable crops with hydrochloric acid (HCl) was analysed. Tomato seeds were soaked in distilled water and two concentrations of HCl (0.03 N and 0.3 N) for three different time periods i.e., 2 hours, 4 hours and 6 hours. After the pre-treatment, seeds were sterilized using 5% of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) for 5 minutes. Treated seeds were placed on the sterilized petri dishes lined with moistened Whatmann 1 covered with lid. Germinated seeds were counted every 24 h for 10 days. Data was used to calculate percentage germination, mean time of germination and the rate of germination. Results indicated that percentage germination was improved significantly when tomato seeds were soaked in 0.03 N concentration for 2, 4 and 6 hours. Rate of germination improved with 0.03 N treatment of HCl for a duration of 6 hours. Therefore, an optimum concentration of HCl for a particular amount of time may have stimulatory effect on the germination of tomato seeds and can improve the yield.
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Claim · model-written summary
Soaking tomato seeds in 0.03 N HCl for 2, 4 and 6 hours significantly improved percentage germination.
- Taxon
- Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- soaked in 0.03 N concentration for 2, 4 and 6 hourse1
- Outcome
- percentage germinatione1
- Direction
- improvede1
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Verbatim
e0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seeds”
e1“percentage germination was improved significantly when tomato seeds were soaked in 0.03 N concentration for 2, 4 and 6 hours”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking tomato seeds in 0.03 N HCl for 6 hours improved the rate of germination.
- Taxon
- Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)Solanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 0.03 N treatment of HCl for a duration of 6 hourse2
- Outcome
- Rate of germinatione2
- Direction
- improvede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seeds”
e2“Rate of germination improved with 0.03 N treatment of HCl for a duration of 6 hours”
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