Priming method is a presowing seed treatment which regulates the metabolic events in seed necessary for germination. Thus, the seed priming is a promising approach for improving seed germination and growth performances under diverse environmental conditions. This study was conducted in order to examine the effect of different priming agents (10⁻³ gibberellic acid—GA₃, 10⁻³ indole-3-acetic acid—IAA, 2.5% KNO₃, 1% MgSO₄, 1% H₂O₂, 0.01% ascorbic acid (AA) and H₂O) on germination, growth, vigor, relative water content, concentration of photosynthetic pigments, and protein content in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), and oat (Avena sativa L.). The obtained results showed an improved performance of wheat, barley, and oat due to seed priming compared to non-primed seed, but the effects depended on the tested cereal and the applied treatment. Overall, ascorbic acid can be regarded as a priming agent with the poorest performance. Treatments with GA₃ and KNO₃ exhibited the most significant effects on wheat and oat seed germination, growth and vigor, whereas GA₃ and IAA were the most effective priming agents for barley. Priming seeds with GA₃ significantly increased the values of the vigor index in all tested types of cereals. However, different priming treatments were effective for improvement of physiological performance of tested cereals. H₂O₂, and H₂O contributed to the higher leaf water content, concentration of photosynthetic pigments, and protein content in wheat and barley, while these parameters were improved in oat by priming with MgSO₄. In terms of tested parameters and diverse priming agents, oat can be regarded as the most responsive crop to priming compared to wheat and barley. It was concluded that the germination, growth, and physiological performance of wheat, barley, and oat could be improved by the priming method, but only by using the appropriate priming agent.

引发方法是一种预播种子处理，可调节种子中萌发所需的代谢事件。因此，种子引发是一种在不同环境条件下提高种子发芽和生长性能的有前途的方法。进行本研究以检查不同引发剂（10 ^-3赤霉酸-GA ₃、10 ^-3 吲哚-3-乙酸-IAA、2.5% KNO ₃、1% MgSO ₄、1% H ₂ O ₂、0.01% 抗坏血酸 (AA) 和 H ₂ O) 对小麦 ( Triticum aestivum ) 的发芽、生长、活力、相对含水量、光合色素浓度和蛋白质含量的影响L.)、大麦 ( Hordeum vulgare L.) 和燕麦 ( Avena sativa L.)。获得的结果表明，与未引发的种子相比，种子引发的小麦、大麦和燕麦的性能有所改善，但效果取决于测试的谷物和应用的处理。总的来说，抗坏血酸可以算是性能最差的底漆。GA ₃和KNO ₃处理对小麦和燕麦种子的萌发、生长和活力表现出最显着的影响，而GA ₃和IAA 是大麦最有效的引发剂。用 GA ₃启动种子显着增加了所有测试类型谷物的活力指数值。然而，不同的引发处理对于改善测试谷物的生理性能是有效的。H ₂ O ₂和 H ₂ O 有助于提高小麦和大麦的叶含水量、光合色素浓度和蛋白质含量，而通过用 MgSO ₄引发，燕麦中的这些参数得到改善. 就测试参数和不同的引发剂而言，与小麦和大麦相比，燕麦可以被视为对引发反应最灵敏的作物。结论是小麦、大麦和燕麦的发芽、生长和生理性能可以通过引发方法得到改善，但只能通过使用合适的引发剂。