Germination responses of Lens Culiunaris L. seeds to osmotic potentials at cardinal temperatures using hydrothermal...

Lentil is a significant legume that are consumed as a staple food and have a significant economic impact around the world. The purpose of the present research on lentil was to assess the hydrothermal time model's capacity to explain the dynamics of Lens culinaris L. var. Markaz-09 seed germination, as well as to ascertain the germination responses at various sub-optimal temperatures (T) and water potentials (Ψ). In order to study lentil seed germination (SG) behavior at variable water potentials (Ψs) and temperatures (Ts). A lab experiment employing the hydrothermal time model was created. Seeds were germinated at six distinct temperatures: 15 ⁰С, 20 ⁰С, 25 ⁰С, 30 ⁰С, 35 ⁰С, and 40 ⁰С, with five Ψs of 0, -0.3, -0.6, -0.9, and - 1.2 MPa in a PEG-6000 (Polyethylene glycol 6000) solution.

The results indicated that the agronomic parameters like Germination index (GI), Germination energy (GE), Timson germination index (TGI), were maximum in 25 ⁰C at (-0.9 MPa) and lowest at 40 ⁰C in 0 MPa. On other hand, mean germination time (MGT) value was highest at 15 ⁰C in -1.2 MPa and minimum at 40 ⁰C in (-0.6 MPa) while Mean germination rate (MGR) was maximum at 40 ⁰C in (0 MPa) and minimum at 15 ⁰C in (-0.6 MPa).

The HTT model eventually defined the germination response of Lens culinaris L. var. Markaz-09 (Lentil) for all Ts and Ψs, allowing it to be employed as a predictive tool in Lens culinaris L. var. Markaz-09 (Lentil) seed germination simulation models.