Abstract
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seeds were SUbjected to environmental treatments known to shorten seed viability rapidly. The cultivar response, seed germ inability, seedling vigor, membrane damage and lipid peroxidation in cucumber seeds were compared. Accelerated aging treatment showed decline in germinability, loss of vigor, increased leakage and lipid peroxidation products. The results obtained suggest that the changes with aging are a function of free radical mediated damage to membranes and cultivar response. Keywords: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), seed germinability, vigor, lipid peroxidation, leakage, aging, relative growth rate (RGR)

Ahmed Al-Maskri, M. Mumtaz Khar, Omar AI-Mantheriand. (2002) EFFECT OF ACCELERATED AGING ON LIPID PEROXIDATION, LEAKAGE AND SEEDLING VIGOR (RGR) IN CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus L.) SEEDS, , Volume 39, Issue 4.
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