TITLE:
Effect of Plant Derived Smoke on Germination and Post Germination Expression of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
AUTHORS:
Muhammad Iqbal, Saira Asif, Noshin Ilyas, Naveed Iqbal Raja, Mubashir Hussain, Sumera Shabir, Muhammad Nasim Ashraf Faz, Abdul Rauf
KEYWORDS:
Plant Derived Smoke, Wheat, Seed Germination, Seedling Vigor, Root Shoot Length
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.7 No.6,
April
21,
2016
ABSTRACT: Smoke produced from burning
of plant material elicits a striking increase in seed germination in various plant
species. In present work, effect of plant derived smoke exposure on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds germination
and post germination response has been studied in laboratory. Plant derived smoke
was generated by burning of plant material (leaf, straws etc.) in a special designed
furnace. Non-imbibed and imbibed seeds of wheat were exposed to plant derived smoke
for 1 hr time duration. Best results were observed in non-imbibed seeds treated
with plant derived smoke while imbibed
seeds showed poor response to germination percentage, germination index, seedling
vigor index and root shoot length. It has been proved from present study that plant
derived smoke has stimulatory effect on germination & post germination response
of non-imbibed seeds while it may cause inhibitory effect in imbibed seeds of wheat.