International Journal of Horticulture, 2026, Vol.16, No.2, 77-87 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 83 Table 4 Effect of seed priming on shoot length and root length of cucumber (Cucumis sativus cv. Bhaktapur Local) in Syangja, Nepal, 2024 Treatments Shoot length (cm) Root length (cm) Control 9.42 15.49c Hot water (45C for 5 minutes) 9.91 20.09ab GA3 100 ppm 9.14 17.08bc GA3 200 ppm 9.56 21.15a KNO3 1% 10.81 17.76bc KNO3 3% 8.79 16.67c Cow urine 5% 9.89 16.56c Cow urine 10% 9.75 17.26bc Vermiwash 10% 9.85 15.75c Vermiwash 20% 9.53 16.62c CV(%) 6.36 9.57 LSD0.05 1.04 2.84 Grandmean 9.66 17.44 SEm() 0.35 0.96 F-test NS ** Note: Mean within the column followed by the same letter/s are not significantly different at 5% level of significance by DMRT. * Significant at 5% (p<0.05), ** Significant at 1% (p<0.01), *** Significant at 0.1% (p<0.001), NS= non-significant at 5% (p>0.05), SEm= Standard Error of mean, LSD= Least significant difference, CV= Coefficient of variance Table 5 Effect of seed priming on fresh shoot and fresh root weight per seedling of cucumber (Cucumis sativus cv. Bhaktapur Local) in Syangja, Nepal, 2024 Treatments Fresh shoot weight (g) Fresh root weight (g) Control 2.79 0.35b Hot water (45C for 5 minutes) 2.84 0.51a GA3 100 ppm 2.79 0.30bc GA3 200 ppm 2.76 0.35b KNO3 1% 3.11 0.30bc KNO3 3% 2.58 0.37b Cow urine 5% 3.09 0.50a Cow urine 10% 3.01 0.45a Vermiwash 10% 2.52 0.25cd Vermiwash 20% 2.62 0.21d CV(%) 10.95 11.06 LSD0.05 0.52 0.06 Grandmean 2.81 0.36 SEm() 0.17 0.02 F-test NS *** Note: Mean within the column followed by the same letter/s are not significantly different at 5% level of significance by DMRT. * Significant at 5% (p<0.05), ** Significant at 1% (p<0.01), *** Significant at 0.1% (p<0.001), NS= non-significant at 5% (p>0.05), SEm= Standard Error of mean, LSD= Least significant difference, CV= Coefficient of variance Fresh root weight was very highly significant for different priming techniques. Significantly, the highest fresh root weight (0.51 g) was found in hot water which was not significantly different from Cow urine 5% (0.50 g) and Cow urine 10% (0.45 g), while the lowest fresh root weight was found in Vermiwash 20% (0.21 g). Similar finding was reported by Tania et al. (2019). Rehydration causes early emergence by influencing pre-germinative process for germination (Tania et al., 2019).
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjQ4ODYzNA==