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Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (renamed as Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in June, 2001) was established on 1st November, 1978.The College of Agriculture (established in May, 1966) formed the nucleus of the new farm University. It is ICAR accredited and ISO 9001:2015 certified institution. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has ranked this University at eleventh place among all farm universities of the country. The University has been given the mandate for making provision for imparting education in agriculture and other allied branches of learning, furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research and undertaking extension of such sciences, especially to the rural people of Himachal Pradesh. Over the years, this University has contributed significantly in transforming the farm scenario of Himachal Pradesh. It has developed human resources, varieties and technologies and transferred these to farming community enabling the State to receive the “Krishikarman award” of Govt. of India four times in row for food grain production among small states of the country. Today, the State has earned its name for hill agricultural diversification and the farming community has imposed its faith in the University.

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Subject: Seed Science and Technology × Author: Chaturvedi, Radhika × Start date: 1975 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Effect of seed coating on longevity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds
    (Palampur, 2021-11-26) Chaturvedi, Radhika; Dhiman, K.C.
    The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different seed coating treatments on seed longevity and further to identify the effective seed coating treatment for enhancing seed longevity in wheat seeds. The seeds of wheat variety HPW-155 were coated with nine different treatments comprising of polymer, fungicide, insecticide, polymer-fungicide and polymer-insecticide combinations. The treated and untreated seeds were stored in three replications for twenty-four months after packing in HDPE (high density polyethylene) interwoven non-laminated bags. The evaluation of seed quality parameters was made at bi-monthly intervals for twelve months (13th to 24th months). The experiment revealed that irrespective of seed coating, seed deteriorated and the vigour declined with aging of seeds. Amongst various treatments, seed coated with polymer @ 3 ml per kg of seed + vitavax 200 @ 2 g per kg of seed (T6) was found superior for quality parameters viz., germination per centage (93.00%), speed of germination (18.45), seedling length (16.06 cm), seedling dry weight (0.0116 g), seedling vigour index - I (1494), vigour index - II (1.079) and field emergence (82.00%) at the end of 24 months of storage over untreated control (T1). Hence, combination of polymer with vitavax can effectively be utilized to prevent the rapid deterioration of the seed during storage thereby maintaining the quality for a longer period of time.