Nada Othman*(1), Hitham Ismail (1) and Faysal Doway (1)
(1). Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University Lattakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Nada Othman. E-mail: nadaothman877@gmail.com )
Received: 9/06∕ 2022 Accepted: 9∕ 08∕ 2022
Abstract:
The experiment was carried out in germination lab college of Agricultural Engineering, Tishreen University to study the germination of stones and seeds of wild hawthorn trees from AL-Mzeraa area. Ripe fruits were collected in both season 2020-2021. The seeds were planted in Petri dishes contain cotton and gauze, in dark in temperature (8, 13, 25) Cº. The results showed the highest germination of seeds at temperature of 8cº with a germination rate of 27%. With no significant differences between it and temperature of 25cº, which gave a germination rate of 23%, but it took a shorter time to reach this percentage, so the best treatment is at a temperature of 25cº. When studying the effect of the seed coats on germination, it was found that the stones didn’t germinate at different temperatures, until the end of the experiments, while the seeds gave the following germination rates (27, 10 ,23) % when planted at different temperatures (8, 13, 25) c° respectively. As for the effect of lighting, it was found that there were no significant differences in the average number of germinated seeds for each of the light and dark treatments for the germination of hawthorn seeds when placed at a temperature of 20c°, and the germination rates in both treatments reached 26%.
Keyword: Hawthorn, Seeds germination, Stones, Light.
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