growth elicitor, spring wheat

Novochizol treatment of Spring wheat seeds, 2020

Two experiments testing the effects of Novochizol TM seed treatment, were carried under laboratory conditions, using Spring wheat, variety Novosibirsk 31, 2019 harvest. Treatment consisted in soaking the seeds in water or in a Novochizol TM solution for 24 h as follows:

1. Control (No treatment of seeds)
2. Novochizol 0,1%,
3. Novochizol 0,05%

Experiment 1: in vitro

After a 24 hour treatment, seeds were laid on a humid sub-strate (filters with a cotton layer) in Petri dishes (12 seeds per dish, in quadruplets), natural light, t = +20 … 22 ° C. Germination energy and capacity  were measured as follows:

Growth indicators at the initial stages of organogenesis were recorded after 3 days (length of roots of each seedling, total length of seedlings) and after 7 days (number of roots per seedling, length of seedlings, total mass of roots and shoot per seedling, and mass of each root).
A positive impact of Novochizol was demonstrated as follows:

Experiment 2 : in soil substrate.

Seeds were treated 7 days prior to sowing ( alkaline chernozem, 500 gram per plastic pot/ 12 pots, repeated 4 times, natural lighting, t =20- 22°С, controlled soil humidity). Germination energy, germination capacity, the height and biomass of seedlings were as follows:

Growth increase (% increase over control)  of aerial parts of Spring Wheat seedlings were as follows: