Key message The potential of seed priming is still not fully exploited. Our limited knowledge
of the molecular dynamics of seed pre-germinative metabolism is the main hindrance to …

Abiotic stress is a major threat to the farming community, biasing the crop productivity in arid
and semi-arid regions of the world. The seed is an important component of agriculture …

Seed germination is one of the most crucial and complex physiological phenomena in the
lifecycle of a plant, which often falls prey to environmental and biological stress that leads to …

Seed priming is a pre-sowing treatment which leads to a physiological state that enables
seed to germinate more efficiently. The majority of seed treatments are based on seed …

Priming applied to commercial seed lots is widely used by seed technologists to enhance
seed vigour in terms of germination potential and increased stress tolerance. Priming can be …

Seed priming is a low-cost and effective strategy to enhance seed germination, vigor index,
and yield in many field crops mainly under adverse environmental conditions. Seed priming …

Food security is one of the most important challenges worldwide and will become even more
challenging with increasing impacts of climate change. Developing ways of increasing the …

Seed is the prime input in agriculture sector, and production of quality seed is the immense
challenge in front of agriculturist to achieve the goal of food security. Present sceario …

Seed germination and uniform plant stand in field are of most critical stages of crop growth
that determine the final yield. Crop production is very often hampered under suboptimal …

Accepted: 17/Oct/2018, Online: 31/Oct/2018 Abstract—India being an agricultural country,
more than 80% population of rural India depends on agriculture and its associated activities …