Vol. 8 (4) : July-August 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (4) : 966-971 ; July-August, 2017
Effect of seed packaging materials and seed treatments on seed quality of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Cv. RL-88 during storage
ARVIND KUMAR P.R.a1*, CHANNAKESHAVA B.C.a2, BELAVADI V.b3, SHIVPRAKASH M.K.c4 and SIDDRAJU R.a5
aDepartment of Seed Science & Technology, bDeptt. of Agricultural Entomology, cDeptt. of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Sciences, Bengaluru - 560 065 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(arvindkrathod09@gmail.com), 2Former Professor, 3,4Professor and Head, 5Professor
Subject : Seed Science Technology
Paper No. : P-6412
Total Pages : 6
Received : 30 December 2016
Revised accepted : 30 May 2017
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Citation :
ARVIND KUMAR P.R., CHANNAKESHAVA B.C., BELAVADI V., SHIVPRAKASH M.K. and SIDDRAJU R. 2017. Effect of seed packaging materials and seed treatments on seed quality of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Cv. RL-88 during storage. Green Farming Vol. 8 (4) : 966-971 ; July-August, 2017
ABSTRACT
A laboratory experiment was conducted in alfalfa during kharif, 2015-16 at the Department of Seed Science and Technology, UAS, Bengaluru. The alfalfa variety RL-88 seeds were taken for storage possesses initial seed quality parameters viz., seed moisture (7.40 %), germination percentage (92.00), mean root length (7.00 cm), mean shoot length (7.66 cm), mean seedling length (14.66 cm) and seedling vigour index (1360). The results of the experiment revealed that, the higher seed quality was recorded C3T3: High density polythene bag (> 700 guage) + Diflubenzuron @ 2 ppm (8 mg WP per kg seeds) which was on par with C3T4: High density polythene bag (> 700 guage) + thiram @ 6 g per kg seeds. Whereas, the control recorded lower seed quality parameters at the end of sixteen month of storage.
Key words :
Alfalfa, Cloth bag, Seed quality, Seed treatment, Storage period.
