Türk Tarım ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Mehmet Kerim GULLAP, Şule ERKOVAN, Halil Ibrahim ERKOVAN, Ali KOÇ

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Temperature,Water regimes,Germination,Seedling,Electrolyte leakage

Özet: Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is an annual legume traditionally used as a spice, dye, forage, medicinal etc. It includes high crude protein and nitrogen fixation in the soil. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of excess water and low temperature applications on germination and seedling properties of fenugreek. In the experiment, shoot height and root length, shoot and root dry matter, shoot and root electrical conductivity (EC) and shoot and root pH were examined. The germination and seedling properties of fenugreek were affected by the water regimes. As the temperature increased, germination and seedling properties of fenugreek were affected positively compared to the lower temperatures. Excess water and temperature application interactions were significant for the most of investigated parameters. As a result of this study, excess water and low temperature applications were a stress source but has not detrimental effect on seedling properties of fenugreek.

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