Rapid and uniform field emergence of seedlings are two essential pre-requisites to increase yield,
quality and ultimately profit in annual crops (Finch-Savage, 1993). Rapid emergence of seedlings could lead
to the production of vigorous plants. The efficiency of seed hydro-priming for better seedling emergence is
also reported (Abdulrahmani et al 2007, Ghassemi-Golezai et al 2008a).