Effect of Mechanical and Chemical Treatments on Astragalus spinosus (Forssk.) Muschl. Seed Dormancy
Sara S. Y. Al-Otaibi,
Abdulridha A. Al-Mayah
Abstract:In this study, two specific methods of breaking seed dormancy were chosen to break the dormancy of Astragalus spinosus (Fabaceae) seeds. The first is sulfuric acid with a soaking time of seeds in it. The treatment of seeds with acid 98% at 15 minutes, the treatment with sulfuric acid 50% for soaking for 30 minutes, the treatment with acid 10% at a soaking period of 60 Minutes and for 24 hours, and all these treatments were in different degrees of incubation 16, 20, 22, 25 °C, while the second method that treat… Show more
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