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PJB-2011-21

RESPONSE OF MAIZE CULTIVARS TO VARIOUS PRIMING SOURCES

JEHAN BAKHT1*, MOHAMMAD SHAFI2, RAHMAT SHAH2, RAZIUDDIN3 AND IQBAL MUNIR1
Abstract

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Experiments were conducted to study the effect of seed priming on germination and yield of different maize varieties at the Department of Agronomy and Malakandher Research Farms KPK Agricultural University, Peshawar Pakistan. Seeds of four maize varieties viz., Azam, Sarhad white, Pahari and Sarhad yellow were primed with 5 different priming sources i.e. Polyethylene glycol (PEG), Potassium nitrate (KNO3), Sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O3) and Water (H2O) for 17 hours. Various priming sources and maize varieties had a significant (p

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