Seed priming in sugar beet, Swiss chard and beetroot for advanced crop development Zahra Salimi AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY Beet Botany https://cefs.org/issues/environment-and-sustainability/ https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/hot-off-the-press/betaine-beets-schizophrenia/ https://parkseed.com/rainbow-mix-beet-seeds/p/52487-PK-P1/ / AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 2 Seed structure a a a c d d c b b f pericarp (a), true seed (b), operculum (c), radicle (d), and cotyledons (f). AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 3 AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 4 Germination performance Inhibitors Maturity level Nutrition reserve https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/entry/pdb/2e9q/protein/1 AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 5 Seed enhancement Priming Washing (Lutts et al., 2016) AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 6 Washing-distinct maturity sample MSI and transformed image of seeds of distinct maturity class AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 7 Seedling comparison of sugar beet seeds of maturity class 1-4 after priming for 0, 16 or 24 h. 24 16 0 1 2 3 4 AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 8 Four beet cultivars priming Sugar beet Fordhook giant Detroit beet Bull’s blood SB FG, DB, and BB SB FG DB BB (Swiss chard) (garden beet) (garden beet) AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 9 Sugar beet Fordhook giant Cumulative emergence 2 d earlier 3 d earlier curves of four beet cultivars as affected by 0, 8, 16, or 24 h priming Detroit beet Bull’s blood recorded during 3 d earlier 6 d earlier emergence period AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 10 Priming Emergence Bolting Flowering time (h) 8 Sugar 16 Beet Shorter 24 8 reproductive stage Fordhook 16 giant 24 8 New species & Detroit 16 Beet varieties 24 8 Bull’s 16 blood 24 AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 11 Acknowledgment AARHUS DANSEED SYMPOSIUM ZAHRA SALIMI UNIVERSITY 10 MARCH 2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF AGROECOLOGY 12 AARHUS UNIVERSITY.