Effect of Source of Planting Material and Nutrition on Seed Yield and Quality in Guinea Grass
| dc.contributor.advisor | Vinod Kumar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nayaz R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-28T07:07:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-28T07:07:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A field experiment was conducted at Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Southern Regional Research Station, Dharwad during kharif 2015, to find out the effect of planting material and nutrition on seed yield and quality in guinea grass. The design employed was RBD in factorial concept with three replications. The experiment consisted of two planting materials viz., seeds and root slips and five nutrient levels viz., N1: RDF (60:30:20 kg of NPK/ha), N2: 25% more than RDF, N3: 50 % more than RDF, N4: RDF + spraying of DAP 2 % at flowering stage, N5: RDF + spraying of NAA 50 ppm at flowering stage. Among the planting material used, non-significant difference was observed for all growth and yield parameters, but root slips performed better over the seeds. Irrespective of planting material, nutrition levels recorded significantly. Whereas N3 recorded more tiller number (14.77 at maturity), panicle number (18.3), green fodder yield/ha (13.21 q), seed yield/ha (95.24 kg), germination percentage of (23.49) and seedling vigour index (216) compared to other nutrition levels. The second experiment was conducted in the laboratory to find out the effect of different seed separation methods and germination enhancement techniques on seed quality of guinea grass. The experiment consisted of two seed separation methods with five germination enhancement techniques. Among the seed separation methods, floating method with alcohol significantly recorded significantly highest germination percentage (28.09), root length (5.61 cm), shoot length (6.71 cm) and vigour index (283) over the control. Among the germination enhancement techniques acid scarification with H2SO4 @ 5 % for 5 minutes recorded significantly higher germination percentage (30.57), root length (5.95 cm), shoot length (6.93 cm) and vigour index (340) over the other techniques. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810177462 | |
| dc.keywords | Effect of Source of Planting Material and Nutrition on Seed Yield and Quality in Guinea Grass | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.pages | 115 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Effect of Source of Planting Material and Nutrition on Seed Yield and Quality in Guinea Grass | en_US |
| dc.sub | Seed Science and Technology | en_US |
| dc.theme | Effect of Source of Planting Material and Nutrition on Seed Yield and Quality in Guinea Grass | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Effect of Source of Planting Material and Nutrition on Seed Yield and Quality in Guinea Grass | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |