@article{Islam:209260,
      recid = {209260},
      author = {Islam, R. and Mukherjee, A. and Hossin, M.},
      title = {Effect of osmopriming on rice seed germination and  seedling growth},
      journal = {Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University},
      address = {2012},
      number = {452-2016-35564},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {The experiment was conducted in the Agronomy Laboratory of  Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna
University, Khulna from  29th August to 17th September, 2009. The experiment was  laid out in a
Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with two  factors and three replications. The aim of the  experiment
was to study the efficacy of three osmopriming  agents viz ., NaCl, KC1 and CaCb with control on  seed
germination and seedling growth of three T. aman rice  varities viz., BRRI dhan40, BRRI dhan41 and
BINA dhan7.  Among the chemicals CaCb showed best as osmopriming agents  and it enhanced all
germination parameters. BRRI dhan41  showed the best performance. Better root length and shoot  length
were observed in control. Seeds of BRRI dhan41 when  treated with NaCl showed the highest germination
percentage  (98.67%), germination energy (88%), germination speed  (96.83%), but vigor index (10.63)
was found highest in BRRI  dhan40 when it was treated with KC1. BRRI dhan41 produced  the largest root
(8.56 cm) when seeds were treated with  NaCl. BRRI dhan40 (10.51 cm) and BINA dhan7 (10.53  cm)
produced the highest shoot length at controlled  condition and CaCl2 treated seed, respectively.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/209260},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.209260},
}