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Vermicompost Leach's Effect on Onion Seed Germination and Seedling Emergence in Response to Drought Stress

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The Seed Technology Division, BARI, Gazipur, Bangladesh carried out a lab experiment in 2020–2021 to find the best vermicompost treatment for enhancing seed germination and seedling emergence in an environment of drought stress. With 4 replications, the experiment used a 2-factorial completely randomized design. Five different amounts of priming were applied to onion seeds: hydropriming, 5% vermicompost priming (VCP), 10% VCP, 15% VCP, and untreated control. In addition, the onion seedlings were treated with 10% and 15% PEG, two different levels of drought stress. BARI Piaj-4 onion was the kind that was used. The findings demonstrated that, under drought-stressed situations, seed priming with vermicompost leach improved seed germination and seedling emergence percent. especially, the vermicompost leach at 10% under 10% PEG drought stress condition showed the best results in terms of promptness index (123), germination stress tolerance index (84.25%), seed germination (90%), seedling emergence percentage (81%), and seedling vigor index (614).

Source: Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology

DOI: 10.24925/turjaf.v13i2.279-284.6954

Authors: Parimal Chandra Sarker, Md. Sadiqur Rahman, Maria Islam, Tanzina Alam, Mohammad Selim Reza

Institutions: Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur Agricultural University

Language: English

Topic: Seed Germination and Physiology

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $25