Soil salinity is one of the significant abiotic threats to crops that deteriorates crop yields, and
the world's increasing population faces serious food problems due to abiotic threats. It is one …

Rice seeds germinating in flooded soils encounter hypoxia or even anoxia leading to poor
seed germination and crop establishment. Introgression of AG1 and AG2 QTLs associated …

Flowering is the key process for the sexual reproduction in seed plants. In gramineous
crops, the process of flowering, which includes the actions of both glume opening and glume …

Priming techniques are gaining importance in agriculture with the increase in environmental
stresses. Resource-poor farmers are in urgent need of such techniques as they are simple …

Cereals are annual grasses having thin, long stalks cultivated worldwide for their edible
grain (Sarwar, 2013). Cereals belong to family Poaceae containing mainly seven principle …

Osmopriming is a pre-sowing technique that allows improving the emergence and
establishment of seedlings in environments with or without adverse conditions. This work …

Seed priming is an age-old practice in agriculture. Seed germination and seedling growth
can be improved through seed priming (seed hydration–dehydration–rehydration …

This study was designed to investigate the effect of different grain priming methods on
germination and seedling vigour of wheat cultivar (Gemmiza 9) was performed. Grains were …

Seed priming regarded as an easy method to enhance seedling establishment, seedling
emergence, growth and yield attributes of crops. This study was conducted to determine the …

The key successful for seed priming technique was the management of seed imbibition
process. This study was aimed to indicate the seed moisture sorption characteristics of …