Predicting potential field seedling vigour of Canadian six-row barley cultivars

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-334

  Briggs, K G ^a   Dunn, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Field correlation; Germination prediction tests

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; REDUCTION; TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGATE;

EID: 0032709561     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P98-125     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Bishnoi, U. R. 1971. Deterioration of cotton seed under warm, moist storage conditions and its consequences in terms of seed and plant response. Ph.D. Thesis, Mississippi State University, Meridian, MS.
2. 5 fertilizer application in high fertility sites in Central Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 71: 317-326.
3. Dunn, G. J. 1992. An evaluation of Western Canadian six-row barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivar differences in germination rate and seedling growth under low temperature stress. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. pp.1-85.
4. Gordon, A. G. 1971. The germination resistance test - a new test for measuring germination quality of cereals. Can. J. Plant Sci. 51: 181-183.
5. Johnston, W. J., Yusuf, H. A., Konzak, C. F. and Maguire, J. D. 1986. Tetrazolium chloride test for spring wheat seedling vigor at low temperatures. Crop Sci. 26: 167-169.
6. Kittock, D. L. and Law, A. G. 1968. Relationship of seedling vigor in respiration and tetrazolium chloride reduction by germinating wheat seeds. Agron. J. 60: 286-288.
7. Perry, D. A. 1972. Interacting effects of seed vigor and environment on seedling establishment. Pages 311-324 in W. Heydecker, ed. Seed ecology. Pennsylvania Sate University Press, University Park, PA.
8. Sokal, R. R. and Rohlf, F. J. 1980. Biometry - the principles and practices of statistics in biological research. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, NY.
9. Sung, F. J. M. and Chen, J. J. 1988. Tetrazolium test for predicting the seedling vigor of rice at optimal and low temperatures. Crop Sci. 28: 1012-1014.
10. Woodstock, L. W. and Grabe, D. F. 1967. Relationship between seed respiration during imbibition and subsequent seedling growth in Zea mays L. Plant Physiol. 42: 1071-1076.