TY - JOUR ID - 244274 TI - Pre-sowing treatment of vetch hairy seeds, viсia villosa using ultraviolet irradiation JO - Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management JA - GJESM LA - en SN - 2383-3572 AU - Semenov, A. AU - Sakhno, T. AU - Hordieieva, O. AU - Sakhno, Y. AD - Department of Commodity Science, Poltava University of Economics and Trade, Poltava, Ukraine AD - Department of Agro-Technology and Ecology, Poltava State Agrarian Academy, Poltava, Ukraine AD - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19713, USA Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 555 EP - 564 KW - Pre-sowing treatment KW - germination KW - Hydration rate KW - Moisture content KW - Seed vigour KW - ultraviolet irradiation (UV-C radiation) DO - 10.22034/gjesm.2021.04.05 N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Aiming to increase crop yield the antimicrobial/bacterial or fungicidal pre-sowing seed treatment received more attention in modern agronomy. Ultraviolet-C irradiation of pre-sowing seeds is an environmentally friendly method that became of great importance in recent years. It is, hereafter, being shown that, along with known antimicrobial use, there is additional important advantage of Ultraviolet-C irradiation of pre-sowing seeds. It was revealed that Ultraviolet-C radiation on Vetch Hairy seeds stimulates seeds germination and vigour.METHODS: Various doses of Ultraviolet-Cirradiation of seeds were used. The main sowing qualities of seeds were determined: seed vigour and germination, as well as the content of photosynthetic pigments in plant leaves and the main parameters of the kinetic values of hydration – moisture and hydration rate.FINDINGS: It was found that ultraviolet-C radiation has a positive effect on sowing qualities and content of photosynthetic pigments in plant leaves of Vetch vary. The most effective dose of ultraviolet irradiation applied to vetch hairy seeds; vicia villosa was 1000 J/m2. At this dose the seed vigour increases by 23.6%, germination by 15.1%, the mass of germinated seeds by 17.3%, the content of a- and b-chlorophyll by 12.4%, and 17.5%, respectively, the carotenoid content increased by 13.9%. The parameters of seeds hydration kinetics such as moisture content and hydration rate were determined. It was revealed that the hydration rate of seeds increased significantly in the first 100-minute time range. Later in time the hydration rate progressively decreased, achieving a saturated moisture content after 700 minutes. Additionally, it was found that Ultraviolet-C irradiation decreases the imbibition damage.CONCLUSION: The results indicated that ultraviolet-C irradiation has a positive effect on sowing qualities of Vetch Hairy seeds, thus, could be proposed as a promising candidate for application in treatment pre-sowing agriculture seeds. UR - https://www.gjesm.net/article_244274.html L1 - https://www.gjesm.net/article_244274_3c5cd0079b31ba486ac091dd2117f7af.pdf ER -