Seed germination is one of the most important factors determining the crop production and its quality. Seed testing has been developed to aid agriculture to avoid some of the hazards of crop quality and production by furnishing the needed information about different quality attributes as purity, moisture, capacity of germination, vigorously and health. The importance of seed testing was realized more than one hundred years ago. This study reflects the results obtained in the research Laboratory for seed quality control at the University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timișoara, using the standard methods based on a selection of twenty-seven wheat varieties from Agricultural Research and Development Station Lovrin regarding germinative energy and capacity of germination in optimal conditions of temperature, humidity and light. Seed germination was determined using two approved Standard ISTA methods (SR 1634-the standard which establishes the maximum germination potential of seeds), the first one using the Jacobsen germinating apparatus and the second one with the seed germination cabinet. The determinations were made in four sets of 1000 seeds each and the results were obtained by calculating the mean value. The differences of values between the two methods, occur due to the fact that the filter paper used in the Jacobsen germinator was too thin, this leading to a higher percent of abnormal germs

germination, seed testing, wheat, abiotic stress, ISTA

agronomy

Presentation: poster