Wafaa Abedo^(1)*

(1). Horticulture department, Faculty of agriculture, university of Aleppo.

(*Corrsponding author: Dr. Wafaa Abedo. E-Mail:madrid198182@yahoo.com).

Received: 30/7/020                                   Accepted: 01/09/2020

Abstract

The research was carried out in the laboratories of Horticulture department in faculty of agriculture, university of Aleppo between 2017- 2018 with the aim of studying the germination and growth of walnut seeds Juglans regia L (Al-Agami), which were planted in two different mediums (Betmus or Perrine) after mechanical processing )seeds completely removed the pericarp and scraped seeds and other with chemical processing (sodium tipochloride or tetra ammonium salt). The results showed the superiority of beatmos medium over perine medium and the completely peeled seeds over scraped seeds. The tetra ammonium salt was the highest in the germination percentage and the other growth characteristics.

Keywords: Walnut, Germination, Agricultural mediums, Seed dormanncy

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