The beneficial effects of seed priming to improve germination
and emergence at low temperature have been reported on some
crop species, such as spinach (Cheen et al., 2010), cucumber (Shu
et al., 2006), and sugar beet (Mostafa et al., 2007). The results of
this study on cumin were very consistent with the above reports
and indicated that the priming cumin seeds with incorporation
−0.8 and
−1.2 Mpa resulted in better germination and emergence
at 15 ◦C compared with the non-priming (Tables 1 and 2).