<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance"^^ . "On-farm seed priming with water is a low-cost, low-risk technology that is easily adopted by\r\nresource-poor farmers. It increases the yield of tropical and subtropical annual crops in marginal areas by a\r\ncombination of better crop establishment and improved individual plant performance. The effects of seed priming,\r\ni.e. soaking seeds overnight in water before sowing, on plant growth and development are consequences of faster\r\ngermination, emergence, and more vigorous early growth. Results from in-vitro, on-station and on-farmexperiments\r\nare discussed.\r\nRecent work has tested opportunities for resource-poor farmers to use seed priming as a vehicle for applying\r\nbiofertilisers (Rhizobia). Preliminary results from field experiments suggest that these interventions are very\r\neffective over and above the already demonstrated benefits of priming with water alone. In a pot experiment\r\nusing chickpea, combining a Rhizobium inoculation with seed priming significantly increased nodulation but had\r\nlittle effect on yield. Nevertheless, the results confirmed that Rhizobium inoculation is compatible with on-farm\r\nseed priming.\r\nObservations in the field have shown that some primed crops show enhanced resistance to disease, either as a\r\nconsequence of increased vigour, altered phenology, or due to some more fundamental mechanism associated with\r\nexposure of seeds to anaerobic conditions during priming. Priming seeds of a highly susceptible cultivar of pearl\r\nmillet in water for 8 h before sowing significantly reduced the incidence of downy mildew in artificially infected\r\nseedlings from 80% to less than 60%."^^ . "2005" . . "56" . "11" . . "CSIRO Publishing"^^ . . . "Australian Journal of Agricultural Research"^^ . . . "00049409" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "D"^^ . "Harris"^^ . "D Harris"^^ . . "J V D K K"^^ . "Rao"^^ . "J V D K K Rao"^^ . . "W A"^^ . "Breese"^^ . "W A Breese"^^ . . . . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "The improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #5096 \n\nThe improvement of crop yield in marginal environments using ‘on-farm’ seed priming: nodulation, nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Soil Science"@en . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . . . "Fertilizer Applications"@en . .