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Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification

One of the major problems of adapting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques is knowledge shortfall on the technical skills for processing quality seeds to achieve uniform seedling establishment in the nursery and quick seedling recovery in the puddled field. Therefore, this study aimed...

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Main Authors: Bashar, Zubairu Usman, Wayayok, Aimrun, Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin, Mahadi, Muhammad Razif
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.351332019-11-29T08:20:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35133/ Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification Bashar, Zubairu Usman Wayayok, Aimrun Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin Mahadi, Muhammad Razif One of the major problems of adapting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques is knowledge shortfall on the technical skills for processing quality seeds to achieve uniform seedling establishment in the nursery and quick seedling recovery in the puddled field. Therefore, this study aimed to create suitably seed sorting technique leading to vigorous and quality seedlings to improve potentiality of SRI nursery and reduce seedlings transplanting shock. It involved sorting of MR219 rice seeds the most popular grown variety in Malaysia in NaCl solutions of 0 g/L(water alone), 40 g/L, 60 g/L, 80 g/L, 100 g/L and 120 g/L, respectively. The experiment revealed that 100% germination after ten days was obtained from the sunken MR219 seeds collected in 80 g/L of NaCl solution. These values reported a decrease in germination (85%) with increasing NaCl concentration (120 g/L), with least germination vigor of 42% in water alone (0 g/L) 3 days. The percentage of sprouting proved to be high from the sunken seeds obtained in 80 g/L with 100% sprouting success rate. A decrease in percentage (70%) has been revealed with increasing NaCl concentration from the seeds obtained in 120 g/L and also when it was reduced to 40 g/L which reported 65% of the sprouting rate. Therefore, this technical information serves as benchmark to practicing farmers that high concentration in NaCl not only reduces the percentage of viable seeds but also increases seedling preparation cost as well as the entire production cost. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35133/1/35133.pdf Bashar, Zubairu Usman and Wayayok, Aimrun and Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin and Mahadi, Muhammad Razif (2014) Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification. Journal of Agricultural Science, 6 (7). pp. 185-193. ISSN 1916-9752; ESSN: 1916-9760 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/35758 10.5539/jas.v6n7p185
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description One of the major problems of adapting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques is knowledge shortfall on the technical skills for processing quality seeds to achieve uniform seedling establishment in the nursery and quick seedling recovery in the puddled field. Therefore, this study aimed to create suitably seed sorting technique leading to vigorous and quality seedlings to improve potentiality of SRI nursery and reduce seedlings transplanting shock. It involved sorting of MR219 rice seeds the most popular grown variety in Malaysia in NaCl solutions of 0 g/L(water alone), 40 g/L, 60 g/L, 80 g/L, 100 g/L and 120 g/L, respectively. The experiment revealed that 100% germination after ten days was obtained from the sunken MR219 seeds collected in 80 g/L of NaCl solution. These values reported a decrease in germination (85%) with increasing NaCl concentration (120 g/L), with least germination vigor of 42% in water alone (0 g/L) 3 days. The percentage of sprouting proved to be high from the sunken seeds obtained in 80 g/L with 100% sprouting success rate. A decrease in percentage (70%) has been revealed with increasing NaCl concentration from the seeds obtained in 120 g/L and also when it was reduced to 40 g/L which reported 65% of the sprouting rate. Therefore, this technical information serves as benchmark to practicing farmers that high concentration in NaCl not only reduces the percentage of viable seeds but also increases seedling preparation cost as well as the entire production cost.
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author Bashar, Zubairu Usman
Wayayok, Aimrun
Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin
Mahadi, Muhammad Razif
spellingShingle Bashar, Zubairu Usman
Wayayok, Aimrun
Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin
Mahadi, Muhammad Razif
Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
author_facet Bashar, Zubairu Usman
Wayayok, Aimrun
Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin
Mahadi, Muhammad Razif
author_sort Bashar, Zubairu Usman
title Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
title_short Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
title_full Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
title_fullStr Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
title_full_unstemmed Quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
title_sort quality seed: an innovative sorting technique to sustainable, uniform and effective seedling establishment in nursery for system of rice intensification
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35133/1/35133.pdf
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