1University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 28, 20–612, Lublin, Poland
2Koszalin University of Technology, niadeckich 2, 75–453, Koszalin, Poland
Department of Machinery Exploitation and Management of Production Processes, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Gleboka 28, 20–612, Lublin, Poland
*Corresponding Email: stanislaw.parafiniuk@up.lublin.pl
Online published on 22 January, 2020.
The experiment evaluated the effect of plant extracts on germination and contamination of Vicia fabia seed “Bobas” variety of horse beans. The materials used for the studies were aqueous extracts made of 40 plant species. The studies aimed to indicate those plant species, which extracts limited their contamination, simultaneously having a stimulating impact on seeds germination. The germination capability of seeds stimulated extracts from green parts of Satureja hortensis, Zea mays stigmata, Verbascum thapsiforme flowers. The number of seeds colonised by microorganisms was limited by extracts from Zea mays stigmata, Taraxacum officinale roots, Urtica dioica leaves. The analysis of the germination capability of seeds and their contamination by germs showed that extracts prepared in the form of brew had the most favourable effect. All forms of extracts from green parts of Artemisia vulgaris, Taraxacum officinale roots, Urtica dioica leaves had the most favourable effect on germinationofhorse bean seeds and at the same timeon limitation of their contamination.
Allelopathic effects, Plant extracts, Vicia fabia seeds
