Germination response of sugarcane setts of different varieties and physiological ages after hot water treatment
| MSI99P3249 | |
| Permalloo, G. Moutia, Y. Saumtally, S. | |
| Germination response of sugarcane setts of different varieties and physiological ages after hot water treatment | |
| Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y., and Sukurdeep, N. (eds), Proceedings of the fourth Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Boname Hall, MSIRI, Réduit, Mauritius, 21-22 October 1999. | |
| book chapter | |
| 2001 | |
| p. 165-172 | |
| Réduit: Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC) | |
| En | |
| Germination response of nine commercial varieties at three different physiological ages was assessed following the dual hot water treatment (DHWT). In setts from crops of 7 and 8 months, dual hot water treatment of cuttings reduced germination as compared to the control. In 10-month setts, a beneficial effect was observed. The effect of the treatment was nonetheless variety dependent. In the profusely flowering variety M 1551/80, the initiation of bud germination prior to treatment was detrimental. Susceptibility to DHWT of top-most cuttings, which are relatively immature, particularly in the younger crops was confirmed. An increase in percentage germination was obtained, in many varieties, if these top-most cuttings were excluded from the germination count. Factors such as cane maturity and environmental conditions appear to be responsible for the negative impact observed on germination following hot water treatment. | |
| SUGARCANE GERMINATION HOT WATER TREATMENT PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE VARIETAL RESPONSE SEEDCANE | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Sugarcane | |
| Physiology | |
| 1999-10-14 | |
| En | |
| MSIRI | |
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