Abstract
Embryos excised from non-stratified cultivar ‘Golden Delicious’ apple seeds germinated soon after soaking in a solution of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) at 12.5–25 mg l −1 for 6–24 h or at 50–100 mg l −1 for 1–24 h. The low BAP concentrations (12.5–25 mg l −1) resulted in more normal development of the plants than the high concentrations (50–100 mg l −1). Compared with BAP, gibberellic acid (GA 3) did not consistently stimulate the germination of dormant embryos. The possibility of removing embryonic dormancy of apple seeds by a BAP treatment could be very useful in plant breeding by shortening the breeding cycle.
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