Abstract Two triploid watermelon cultivars Jinwangzi No.1 and Guangxi No.5 were subjected to hydropriming treatments. The hydration process significantly enhanced germination performance in both cultivars, and further improvement was observed when the dehydration process was applied. However, there were different responses between the two cultivars to the dehydration processes, a medium-drying (40 % relative humidity, 20 ℃) condition significantly increased germination percentage and reduced mean germination time of...
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Received: 10 June 2004
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