Association of seed morphology with seedling vigor in wheat (Triticum aestivum L)

Authors

  • Muhammad Sajjad Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  • Sultan Habibullah Khan Center of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  • Muhammad Ashfaq Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Wajid Nasim Department of Environmental Science, COMSATS-Institute of Information Technology, Vehari, Pakistan

Keywords:

Seed morphology, seedling vigour, Triticum aestivum L., Wheat

Abstract

Phenotyping of 225 spring wheat genotypes was carried out to determine theassociation of seed morphological traits with seedling vigour traits. The seed lengthappeared to be key trait being significantly and positively correlated with seed thickness,seed width, and coleoptile length. The seed length was also positively but non-significantlyassociated with root length, shoot length and number of seminal roots. The seed length, seedthickness and seed width were the major contributors to diversity among genotypes. Themost diverse genotypes with respect to seed morphological traits and seedling vigor traitswere KANCHAN, LU-26, OASIS, SHAHKAR-95, and SHALIMAR-88. The overall effect ofseed length, seed width and seed thickness was positive on seedling vigor traits.

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Published

14-10-2012

How to Cite

Sajjad, M., Khan, S. H., Ashfaq, M., & Nasim, W. (2012). Association of seed morphology with seedling vigor in wheat (Triticum aestivum L). Research in Plant Biology, 2(5). Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/ripb/article/view/2535

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 5 (2012)

Section

Articles