Abstract:
Testing the capacity of the cereal seeds to produce plants in the fields, by
germinating under the best laboratory conditions, had as goal to assess their quality for sowing,
commercialization or long-time conservation. The experimental biologic material was
represented by twelve oat genotypes, eighteen barley genotypes and twenty rye genotypes from
the seed collection, stored in the Suceava Genebank. The germination tests were carried out in
laboratory, on the artificial substrate made of filter paper, by the BP (between paper) method,
under two experiencing conditions. The scientific grounding of results was done through the
correlation between the germination capacity of the cereal seeds at dark and the germination
capacity under fluorescent light and low temperature, before incubation. The differences found
in the germination percents of each species pointed out the role of fluorescent light and low
temperature, a significant correlation between viability seed and the two factors in barley being
found, as compared to the other tested species. In the routine tests from seed control
laboratories, they may successfully use the low temperature treatment in barley, before
incubation, and the exposure at fluorescent light, during incubation, even if this species is no
longer found at germination repose. Percent increases in the germinating capacity were
registered.
