Determine the best seed vigor test for predicting the seed yield of the safflower in the field

Seed vigor is an index of its quality. Seed vigor tests are designed to predict more accurately of seedling emergence in the field In order to predict seedling emergence more accurately, seed vigor tests are designed, depending on their prediction accuracy, each is used for different plants. This study was conducted at the seed technology laboratory in Ramin University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and field Research in 2016. In order to laboratory evaluation of seed vigor tests for predicting seedling emergence in the field, 5 safflower seed lots was used. In this study seed vigor tests include seedling establishment percent in field, standard germination test, seedling growth test, seed germination rate test and salinity test (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 mM) The results showed that the standard germination test, seedling growth, germination rate and salinity were not significant correlated with seedling establishment percent for seed lots in the field. Therefore, these tests can not confidently used to separate the weak and strong safflower seed lots. However, the results of the comparison of the two-fold model did not succeed in distinguishing between strong and weak masses The analysis of the same data using the HydroTime model yielded results that could be separated by strong and weak safflower masses these tests can be used to separate the weak and strong safflower seed lots and used for predicting emergence in the field.