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Fresh seeds of tomato cultivars Nagina, Pakit, Riogrande improved and Roma were subjected to osmopriming treatments with an objective to improve germination and seedling vigor by dormancy breakdown. For osmopriming seeds were soaked in -1.1 MPa aerated solution of polyethylene glycol (PEG-8000), NaCI and KN03 for 24 h. All the treatments resulted in improved germination and seedling vigor by dormancy breakdown compared with untreated seeds; however, highest vigor was observed in seeds subjected to KN03 followed by NaC!. In all the cultivars, all the seed treatments resulted in lower electrical conductivity of seed leachates than untreated seeds being lowest in seeds treated with KN03 . Key words: Osmopriming; tomato; electrical conductivity; seedling vigor; germination Abbreviations: Mean germination time = MGT, Mean emergence time = MET, Speed of germination index = GI, Time taken for 50 % germination = Tso. Energy of germination = GE, Final germination percentage = FGP, Final emergence percentage = FEP, Electrical conductivity = EC, Polyethylene glycol = PEG

M. Farooq, S.M.A. Basra, B.A. Saleem. (2005) ENHANCEMENT OF TOMATO SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING VIGOR BY OSMOPRIMING, , Volume 42, Issue 3,4.
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