Seed Priming, A Re-discovered Old Method

Abstract

Copyright © 2018 Magda Pál. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and work is properly cited. Rapid and uniform seedling emergence is a basic requirement for crop production, especially under adverse environmental conditions. Techniques that favourably influence the germination and growth of plants have a direct impact on final yield as the treated plants are more robust and resistant to biotic or abiotic stress factors [1]. The easiest way to do this is to sort the seeds and discard those that are too small and possibly damaged. There are two basic groups of actual seed treatment: dressing and soaking. Dressing is the treatment of a seed using chemical substances, the active ingredient of which do not enter the seed. The purpose of this process is to destroy pathogenic substances on the surface of seeds or in the soil. In contrast to this, soaking is a method of seed treatment that stimulates growing, thus reducing germination time and making it more uniform.