Scarification effects on germination of perennial soybean (Nenotonia wightii)

Authors

  • Enrique Flores M. Laboratorio de Ecología y Utilización de Pastizales (LEUP), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú
  • Wilfredo E. Caceres Laboratorio de Ecología y Utilización de Pastizales (LEUP), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima
  • Lucrecia Aguirre T. Laboratorio de Ecología y Utilización de Pastizales (LEUP), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima
  • Miguel S. Castillo Forage and Grassland Program, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v31i3.16728

Keywords:

sandpaper, scarification, germination, perennial soybeans

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the germination of perennial soybean (Nenotonia wightii) cv. Cooper based on two methods of scarification (hot water and mechanical scarification) versus control treatment (without scarification). Mechanical scarification consisted of scraping the seed with sandpaper (# 125) by hand for 5 minutes. Scarification with hot water consisted of placing the seeds in boiling point water in a 1:3 seed:water ratio for 24 hours. The percentage of germinated seeds was higher in the mechanical scarification treatment with sandpaper (p<0.05) and similar between the treatment with hot water and the control. The highest germination percentage was 37.5, 40, and 96% on days 14, 12, and 9 for the control, hot water, and mechanical scarification treatments, respectively.

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Published

2020-09-29

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 3 (2020)

Section

Comunicaciones

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Copyright (c) 2020 Enrique Flores M., Wilfredo E. Caceres, Lucrecia Aguirre T., Miguel S. Castillo

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How to Cite

Flores M., E., Caceres, W. E., Aguirre T., L., & Castillo, M. S. (2020). Scarification effects on germination of perennial soybean (Nenotonia wightii). Revista De Investigaciones Veterinarias Del Perú, 31(3), e16728. https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v31i3.16728