Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance

Current study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different seed priming and foliar spray of micronutrients on bread wheat performance in semi-arid region in Northwest of Iran. Pre-sowing treatments were S1: no pre-sowing treatment (intact seeds), S2: hydro-priming, S3: bio-priming (seed inocul...

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Main Authors: Mohsen JANMOHAMMADI, Maryam MOHAMADZADEH-ALGHOO, Naser SABAGHNIA, Viorel ION, Shahbaz NAEEM
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Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2023-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13645
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Maryam MOHAMADZADEH-ALGHOO
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Viorel ION
Shahbaz NAEEM
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description Current study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different seed priming and foliar spray of micronutrients on bread wheat performance in semi-arid region in Northwest of Iran. Pre-sowing treatments were S1: no pre-sowing treatment (intact seeds), S2: hydro-priming, S3: bio-priming (seed inoculation with plant promoting rhizobacteria consortium: Azotobacter chroococcum + Azospirillum lipoferum), S4: micronutrient seed priming and foliar feeding include, check (0): distilled water spray, Fe: foliar spray of iron, Zn: foliar spray of zinc.  All seed priming treatments significantly increased plant height, tiller number, canopy width, total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spike and seed yield compared to intact seeds. A brief comparison of the effect of seed priming and fertilizer treatments showed that the effects of priming treatments on improving growth and seed yield was more obvious than fertilizer treatments. The greatest increase in seed yield and yield components was recorded for plants grown from bio-fortified seeds by essential trace elements. However, comparison of fertilizer treatments showed that growth parameters were significantly affected by Zn application. From the present study, it may be concluded that combined seed priming through pre-sowing hydration, soaking in micronutrients and microbial inoculation is useful to enhance wheat production and agricultural sustainability for smallholder farmers in semi-arid region.
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spelling doaj-art-00aab98cd54b42cc9a794ec303e7b8392025-08-20T02:05:13ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412023-05-01119111010.14720/aas.2023.119.1.267120043Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performanceMohsen JANMOHAMMADI0Maryam MOHAMADZADEH-ALGHOO1Naser SABAGHNIA2Viorel ION3Shahbaz NAEEM4University of Maragheh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Maragheh, IranUniversity of Maragheh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Maragheh, IranUniversity of Maragheh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Maragheh, IranDepartment of Plant Sciences of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PakistanCurrent study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different seed priming and foliar spray of micronutrients on bread wheat performance in semi-arid region in Northwest of Iran. Pre-sowing treatments were S1: no pre-sowing treatment (intact seeds), S2: hydro-priming, S3: bio-priming (seed inoculation with plant promoting rhizobacteria consortium: Azotobacter chroococcum + Azospirillum lipoferum), S4: micronutrient seed priming and foliar feeding include, check (0): distilled water spray, Fe: foliar spray of iron, Zn: foliar spray of zinc.  All seed priming treatments significantly increased plant height, tiller number, canopy width, total biomass, spike mass, seed number per spike and seed yield compared to intact seeds. A brief comparison of the effect of seed priming and fertilizer treatments showed that the effects of priming treatments on improving growth and seed yield was more obvious than fertilizer treatments. The greatest increase in seed yield and yield components was recorded for plants grown from bio-fortified seeds by essential trace elements. However, comparison of fertilizer treatments showed that growth parameters were significantly affected by Zn application. From the present study, it may be concluded that combined seed priming through pre-sowing hydration, soaking in micronutrients and microbial inoculation is useful to enhance wheat production and agricultural sustainability for smallholder farmers in semi-arid region.https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13645bio-priminghydro-primingnutrient primingseed yield
spellingShingle Mohsen JANMOHAMMADI
Maryam MOHAMADZADEH-ALGHOO
Naser SABAGHNIA
Viorel ION
Shahbaz NAEEM
Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
bio-priming
hydro-priming
nutrient priming
seed yield
title Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
title_full Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
title_fullStr Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
title_full_unstemmed Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
title_short Seed pre-sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
title_sort seed pre sowing treatments and essential trace elements application effects on wheat performance
topic bio-priming
hydro-priming
nutrient priming
seed yield
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13645
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