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Effect of Dry Heat Treatment on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth in Watermelon

수박종자의 건열 처리가 발아 및 유묘생장에 미치는 효과

  • Eun-Ji Park (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jung-Eun Lee (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Seong-Kwang An (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Byoung-Il Je (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Young-Hoon Park (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yong-Jae Lee (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Young-Whan Choi (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jum-Soon Kang (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University)
  • 박은지 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 이정은 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 안성광 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 제병일 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 박영훈 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 이용재 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 최영환 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과) ;
  • 강점순 (부산대학교 원예생명과학과)
  • Received : 2023.01.25
  • Accepted : 2023.02.04
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate changes in seed vigor based on temperature of dry heat and duration treatment of watermelon seeds and examine the effect on percent of emergence and seedling vigor. When the upper limit temperature of dry heat treatment was raised to 80℃, the percent of the germination decreased. Moreover, T50 was delayed as the upper limit temperature of dry heat treatment increased. The higher the upper limit temperature of dry heat treatment and the longer the treatment period, the higher the percentage of abnormal seedlings. The optimum upper limit temperature for dry heat treatment was 72℃, and the treatment period was five days. Seed vigor was better maintained at 30℃, 45℃, and 52℃, followed by stepwise exposure to high temperatures of 72℃, the upper limit of dry heat treatment, rather than dry heat treatment at a high temperature of 72℃ for 5 days from the initial stage of treatment. When the fungicide was added during the dry heat treatment process, the germination percentage decreased and the percent of the abnormal seedling percentage increased. However, the addition of 10 mg/kg fungicide did not significantly reduce seed vigor.

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이 과제는 부산대학교 기본연구지원사업(2년)에 의하여 연구되었음

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