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Germination of simojovel pepper seeds (Capsicum annuum L.) previously exposed to NaCl and gibberellic acid

De la Rosa M¹, L Arce¹, JA Villarreal¹, L Ibarra², J Lozano³

1 Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Buenavista, Saltillo, Coah. México. C.P. 25315.
2 Departamento de Agroplásticos. Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada. Blvd. Enrique Reyna 140. Saltillo, Coah. México.
3 Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Buenavista, Saltillo, Coah. México. C.P. 25315.

* Corresponding Author:Address Correspondence to: Dr. Manuel de la Rosa Ibarra, e-mail:

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2012, 81(all), 165-168. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2012.81.165

Abstract

Simojovel pepper seeds were first treated with 0.5 M NaCl, and then put to germinate in solutions of gibberellic acid at different concentrations. Initially, seeds were either preconditioned or not with NaCl combined with 0, 100, 200, 300 or 400 mg/L gibberellic acid. In a second phase of the study, seeds preconditioned with NaCl were exposed to 0, 350, 400, 450 or 500 mg/L gibberellic acid. Experiments were arranged in a completely randomized design with a factorial arrangement of 2 x 5 with four replications. The greatest (p≤0.01) germination percentage (91.75%) was obtained on seeds previously exposed to NaCl and treated with 350 mg/L gibberellic acid. Germination of Simojovel pepper significantly increased after preconditioning with NaCl combined with gibberellic acid.

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