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Effects of Sodium Hypochlorite and Certain Plant Growth Regulators on Germination of Witchweed (Striga asiatica) Seeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

A. I. Hsiao ,
A. D. Worsham  and
D. E. Moreland
A. I. Hsiao
Affiliation:
Sci., Agric. Canada, Res. Stn., Box 440, Regina, Sask., Canada S4P 3A2
A. D. Worsham
Affiliation:
Crop Sci. Dep., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27650
D. E. Moreland
Affiliation:
Agric. Res., Sci. Ed. Admin., U.S. Dep. Agric., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27650
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Abstract

Witchweed [Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze] seeds conditioned for 3 weeks in either water or 0.01% (w/v) sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) had 83 to 95% germination after being treated with dl-strigol, kinetin, zeatin, or natural stimulants from corn (Zea mays L.) root exudates. None of these compounds, however, induced germination of seeds conditioned in 0.025 or 0.050% (w/v) NaOCl. Seeds conditioned in 0.075, 0.1, or 0.15% (w/v) NaOCl had 8, 56, and 76% germination, respectively, during the first week of conditioning and 10, 100, and 100% germination after 2 weeks of conditioning. Germination in these concentrations of NaOCl was termed “atypical”.

Keywords

Parasitic plantsgermination stimulationweed control
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 98 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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