Quality Assessment of Festuca Arundinacea (Schreb.) Seeds Through Laboratory

  • Cristian RUJAN
  • Luminița COJOCARIU
  • Marinel M. HORABLAGA
  • Despina- Maria BORDEAN
  • Carmen DURÄ‚U
  • James CICIO
Keywords: Festuca Arundinacea seeds, germination, between paper test BP, sand S test, top of paper

Abstract

Festuca Arundinacea

 

 

is one of the most valuable fodder plants, successfully grown in

România.

 

Festuca Arundinacea crop quality depends on the quality of seeds, therefore vigour tests are

essential, as they describe the behaviour of seeds under various growth conditions. The paper aims at

assessing the quality of

 

Festuca Arundinacea seeds and the efficiency of the methods to determine

them. The biological material used consisted of

 

Festuca Arundinacea seeds, Palma variety, stored in

uncontrolled conditions, one year after harvest. The present paper assesses several seed parameters:

total germination, normal seedlings, abnormal seedlings, dead seeds, seed weight, as well as the

appearance of normal seedlings ( after 7 to 14 days) through three laboratory methods : BP (between

paper) test ( V1, V2, V3, V4), sand S test (V5) and top of paper TP test (V6). Seed germination

percentage for Palma variety ranged from 74% (V4) to 79% (V1 and V6). Low germination is

especially caused by the large number of dead seeds, the main cause being the improper storage

conditions. According to the results of this experiment, cluster analysis showed the efficiency of the

BP test, without pre-cooling, and of TP test, in emphasizing the quality characteristics of

 

Festuca

arundinacea

 

 

seeds, Palma variety. Sand test S, which is actually the hardest to run, is less suitable for

this research.

Author Biographies

Cristian RUJAN
Luminița COJOCARIU
Marinel M. HORABLAGA
Despina- Maria BORDEAN
Carmen DURÄ‚U
James CICIO
Published
2012-12-11