Salinity, chitin and GA3 effects on seed germination of chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium).

The seed germination observation of chervil ( Anthriscus cerefolium ) lasted 35 days at a temperature of 20 � C. The effect of sodium chloride (NaCl), chitin and gibberillic acid (GA 3) on seed germination of chervil was studied for 35 days at a temperature of 22 � C under controlled growth chamber conditions. For this, various aqueous solutions of NaCl (80, 120, 180, 240 mM NaCl), chitin (1, 2, 3, 4% ) and GA 3 (100, 200, 500, 1000 ppm GA 3) were used as germination substrates. The above solutions used solely or combined and added on Petri dishes containing fifty chervil seeds. The seed germination of chervil in the control (H 2O) was 44%. In the 80 mM NaCl concentration there was an increase in the germination (64%) while in higher NaCl concentrations the germination reduced. The seed germination percentage of the chervil in the substrates with 1% and 2% chitin as the 200, 500 and 1000 ppm GA 3 was increased than the corresponding one in H 2O. With increasing rate of chitin and GA3 the seed germination of the chervil was reduced. In the combinations of 80 mM NaCl+ 1% Chitin, 120 NaCl + 1% chitin, 120 NaCl + 100 GA 3, 180 NaCl + 2% chitin and 180 NaCl + 200 GA 3 germination increased and the Timson Index of germination velocity was higher than the corresponding velocity in H 2O.