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Pre-sowingsalicylicate seed treatments were employed in fine rice to explore the possibility of improvement in germination and early seedling growth. Fine rice (cv. Super-basmati) seeds were soaked in 10, 20 and 30 ppm aerated solutions of salicylicate for 48 h at 28±2. Salicylicate seed treatments resulted in earlier, synchronized and enhanced germination. Improvement in root length, leaf score, and seedling fresh and dry weight was also recordeddue to pre-sowing salicylicate seed treatments. However, lower shoot length from all the treatments and slower seedling dry weight from 10 ppm Salicylicate seed treatments was noted. Seed treatments with 30 ppm salicylicate solution was the most effective; however, root length and seedling dry weight was recorded 20 ppm salicylicatetreatment

M. Farooq, 8.M.A. Basra, H. Rehman, M. Hussain, Y. Amanat. (2007) Pre-sowing Salicylicate Seed Treatments Improve The Germination And Early Seedling Growth In Fine Rice, , Volume-44, Issue-1.
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