Seed soaked with chitosan increased the energy
of germination, germination percentage, lipase
activity, and gibberellic acid (GA3) and indole acetic
acid (IAA) levels in peanut (Zhou et al., 2002). Seed
coated with chitosan may accelerate seed germination
and improve the tolerance to stress condition of hybrid
rice seedlings (Ruan and Xue, 2002) and restrain
the growth and reproduction of sclerotinia rot in carrot