Effect of Prepriming on Improving Germinability of Pelleted Carrot Seeds

Priming에 의한 당근 Pelleting 종자의 발아성 향상

Pelleting the seeds often reduces seed germinability. In an effort to alleviate this problem, the seeds of four carrot cultivars were, before pelleting, either solid-matrix primed (SMP) with Micro Cel-E or osmotically-primed with polyehtylene glycol 8000. Some batches were imbibed in 100-ppm $GA_3$ solution. In laboratory tests, pretreatment of the seeds increased the precentages of germination by as much as 50% of the controls, indicating the increase of the germination speed by 1.9 to 4.6 days as determined by the $T_{50}$ values. In field tests conducted in the year of 2000 and 2001, however, effects of SMP were not observed. There was no significant difference between the SMP seeds and the controls of the percentages and $T_{50}$ values. The emergence of the seedling in the field was affected greatly by soil water concentration.

일반적으로 종자를 pelleting하면 발아율이나 발아세가 나종자보다 저하되어 실용화하는데 다소 걸림돌이 되고 있다. 본 연구는 시판되는 춘파용 당근 4품종을 공시하여 pelleting 전 solid matrix priming(SMP), osmo priming, $GA_3$의 처리를 하여 4품종 모두 pelleting보다 발아율이 10-50% 향상되었으며, $T_{50}$가 1.9-4.6일 단축되었다. 포장에서의 입모율은 SMP+pelleting 종자가 pelleting 시키지 않은 종자보다 높았고, $T_{50}$이 단축되었지만 큰 차이는 없었다. 이런 불균일한 묘출현은 포장의 불량한 온도와 수분환경 때문인 것으로 생각되며 수분과 pelleting 종자와의 관계에 대한 추가 시험을 수행할 계획이다.