Persian shallot grows as a wild plant in some mountains of Iran, The aim of our research was to study the
relationship between different temperatures, seed age and duration of sulfuric acid treatment on Persian shallot
seed germination. The interactive effect of incubation temperature, seed age and scarification treatments had a
significant effect on the germination and emergence percentage of Persian shallot. It is concluded that suitable
condition for Persian shallot seed germination is scarification of one year old seeds with sulfuric acid for 15 min,
and stratification at 4o
C. In fact Persian shallot seeds need both scarification and stratification for germination
enhancement.
J. Mohammadi, J.A. Olfati-Chirani, S.A. Khasmakhi-Sabet, M.Golshani, S.N. Mortazavi, F. Jafari. (2010) Effect of incubation temperature, seed age and scarification on germination and emergence of Persian Shallot , , Volume-47, Issue-4.
