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PJB-2011-373

FACTORS INFLUENCING SEED GERMINATION OF WILD ONION AND CHICKPEA CULTIVARS

M.I. KHAN1*, G. HASSAN1, I. KHAN1, M. SAEED1, A.A. KHAKWANI2, M. IDREES3 AND K. NAWAB3
Abstract

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Wild onion (Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.) is a major weed of chickpea in the sandy tract of Pakistan and elsewhere in the world, but its biology and physiology is less understood. Seeds of its four biotypes were collected from Bannu, Karak, Bhakkar and Mianwali districts of Pakistan for a series of laboratory experiments. Seeds were treated with a range of concentrations of gibberellic acid, potassium nitrate, thiourea or sodium azide and incubated at three temperatures 10

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