Vol. 6 (2) : March-April 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 404-406 ; March-April, 2015
Effect of seed coating treatments on storability of soybean seeds
PRITI A. SONKAMBLE1*, ARUNA S. KATOLE2 and MADHURI M. SADAFALE3
Seed Technology Research Unit, Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Seed Research Officer *(sonkamble.priti74@gmail.com), 2,3Junior Research Asstt.
Subject : Seed Science Technology
Paper No. : P-1955
Total Pages : 3
Received : 07 May 2014
Revised accepted : 22 January 2015
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Citation :
PRITI A. SONKAMBLE, ARUNA S. KATOLE and MADHURI M. SADAFALE. 2015. Effect of seed coating treatments on storability of soybean seeds. Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 404-406 ; March-April, 2015
ABSTRACT
The laboratory experiment was conducted to study the effect of seed coating treatments on soybean seed during storage at Seed Technology Research Unit, Dr. PDKV, Akola, in 2010-2011, 2011-12 and 2012-13. The treatments consisting polymer coating ,Flowable Thiram (Royal Flow 40SC) and Vitavax 200*(containing Thiram 37.5% and Carboxil 37.5%) at various combinations and individually. All the treated seed stored in two packaging materials i.e. Gunny bag and HDPE bag . Among all the seed coating treatments the seed treated with polymer coating @ 3ml/kg seed + flowable thiram @ 2.4 ml/kg and stored in HDPE bag shows significantly maximum seed germination, vigour index and minimum seed infection at the end of 12th month of storage. HDPE bags found significantly superior over gunny bags during storage.
Key words :
Germination, Moisture content, Seedling length, Seedling dry weight, Soybean, Vigour index.
