Publishers: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Nitra, Slovakia | Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus, Keszthely, Hungary | Agricultural University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland | University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj - Napoca, Romania | University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Agronomy Čačak, Čačak, Serbia | Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
EFFECT OF STORAGE TIME ON ALFALFA SEED QUALITY
2005, 6 (1) p. 65-68
Tihomir ČUPIĆ, Svetislav POPOVIĆ, Sonja GRLJUŠIĆ, Marijana TUCAK, Luka ANDRIĆ, Branimir ŠIMIC
Abstract
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a crop characterised by presence of hard (dormant) seed that are viable but do not germinate in seed quality testing. In Republic of Croatia seed are frequently stored for three to four years due to low needs for seed of alfalfa and considerable import. The share of hard seed is decreased by storage time, temperature and air moisture changes and therefore directly keeps the level of seed germination in a longer period of storage.
Keywords
alfalfa, germination, hard seed, seed storage
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