Quality Assessment of Festuca Arundinacea (Schreb.) Seeds Through Laboratory
Abstract
Festuca Arundinacea
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is one of the most valuable fodder plants, successfully grown in
România.
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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
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Festuca Arundinacea seeds and the efficiency of the methods to determine
them. The biological material used consisted of
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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
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Festuca
arundinacea
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seeds, Palma variety. Sand test S, which is actually the hardest to run, is less suitable for
this research.
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