Nps. Dhillon, SEED PRIMING OF MALE-STERILE MUSKMELON (CUCUMIS-MELO L) FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE GERMINATION, Seed science and technology, 23(3), 1995, pp. 881-884
Seeds of muskmelon male sterile line (ms,ms,) were subjected to salt p
riming pretreatments in order to improve the germination and emergence
at low temperature. The best treatment was 2.5% KNO3 for 16 h in dark
. Emergence studies in a field experiment confirmed the effectiveness
of the priming treatment for low temperature germination of an early w
inter-grown male sterile line in hybrid seed production plot.