Rice (Oryza sativa L.) provides about 55–80% of the total calories for people in South Asia,
Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Elsewhere, it represents a high-value commodity crop …

Seed priming is a technique which is potentially able to promote rapid and more uniform
seed germination and plant growth. In order to study the effects of seed priming treatments …

Seed vigour is an important quality parameter of seeds quality and plays an important role in
the production of agronomic and horticultural crops. In order to enable the farming …

This study assesses the effect of seed osmopriming with PEG (− 0.6 MPa) on growth and
physiological parameters in six symbiotic combinations involving two Moroccan alfalfa …

Poor crop stand and high weed infestation are the major constraints of direct seeded rice.
Seed priming has the potential to improve the seedling emergence and crop stand. This …

Moringa oleifera leaf extract (MLE) is rich in amino acids, ascorbate, zeatin, minerals, and
many other compounds known for their growth-promoting potential. This study was planned …

This 2-year field study investigates the potential of seed priming to mitigate losses caused by
drought stress at different phenophases of wheat. Wheat seeds were soaked either in …

Moringa oleifera is a miracle tree that can be used in multiple ways, including as foodstuff,
livestock fodder, a plant growth enhancer, or a water purifier. While the stem cutting method …

Seeds of pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars (Talash, COS16 and Khomain) were
divided into four sub-samples, one of which was kept as control (non-primed, P1) and three …

Plasma treatment is recognized as a suitable technology to improve germination efficiency
of numerous seeds. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate whether cold air plasma …