Evaluation of base, optimum and ceiling temperature for (Kochia scoparia L. Schard) with application of Five-Parameters-Beta Model

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Article 5, Volume 3, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8, June 2011, Pages 191-197   

Document Type: Scientific - Research

DOI: 10.22067/jag.v3i2.13524

Authors

Samira Sabouri Rad^* ; Mohammad Kafi; Ahmad Nezami; Mohammad Bannayan Aval

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Kochia (Kochia scoparia L. Schard) is an annual, halophyte and drought resistant plant, that it can be irrigated with saline water and a valuable source for forage under drought and saline ecosystems. In order to evaluate germination characteristics of kochia, an experiment was conducted at Physiology laboratory of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, during 2009. This experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with four replications. Germination was evaluated at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40°C under dark germinator with 50-60 percentage relative humidity. The results showed that the highest germination percentage was obtained at 20-30°C and the lowest obtained at 40°C. The longest and the shortest period to 20 and 50 germination percentage were recorded to 5-10°C and 20-30°C, respectively. The longest and the shortest period to 80 percentage germination were belonging to 15 and 30°C, respectively. Based on Five Parameters Beta model, base, optimum and ceiling temperatures for kochia estimated 3.4, 25 and 43.3°C, respectively. However, seed of this plant is able to germinate in wide temperature range.

Keywords

Cardinal temperature; Germination percentage; Germination rate