Phytochemicals from the genus, Fagonia, have potential beneficial effects on human health. Fagonia indica is a Pakistani traditional herbal medicine thought to be useful for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer Acid-hydrolyzed extracts of Fagonia indica have bioactivity on breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro. Horticultural production of Fagonia indica is largely undeveloped. Seeds planted without special treatment show poor emergence and come up slowly over many weeks. Seed treatments with vernalization, scarification, gibberellic acid soaking and their interactions were tested. Seed were treated and planted into mulch. Less than 1 percent of untreated seed emerged within 3 weeks of planting. Both seed scarification and gibberellic acid greatly enhanced emergence. Vernalization had a small effect on total emergence but did increase seedling emergence during the first two weeks following planting, Scarification and gibberellic acid could be refined by making variations in these practices.
