Testing of maize inbreed lines seed germination in the soil
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The aim of this paper is to present soil as a growing medium used in germination tests of
seeds of some insecticide-treated maize inbred lines that have been carried out at the seed
testing laboratory of the Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje in Belgrade. Although soil is
not recommended as a primary growing medium for seed germination because it is not
included into standard methods, it is the most natural and the best growing medium for seed
germination testing under laboratory conditions. Soil is recommended when seedlings show
phytotoxic symptoms or when results of the standard germination test are uncertain. The
standard method B(etween) P(aper) with 4x100 seeds and filter paper + soil method with
4x50 seeds were applied in the study in 2015 and 2016. Seeds were treated with the fungicide
Maxim Xl and the insecticide Sonido. Soil used in the study was degraded chernozem taken
from a maize field and prepared for the medium according to the standard procedure. Seeds
we...re germinated in the germination room at the temperature of 20<=>30oC and 16:8 of light :
dark photoperiod. The first count and total germination were recorded on the 4th and the 7th
day, respectively, in both methods. Obtained results indicate that total germination for all
maize inbred lines was greater in both years of investigation when filter paper + soil method
was applied.
Keywords:
seed germination / maize inbreds / soilSource:
VIII International scientific agricultural symposium „Agrosym 2017“ of Republic of Srpska, October 05-08, 2017. Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Book of Proceedings, 2017, 525-529Publisher:
- Sarajevo : University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture