Effect of organic seed coating on quality and storability of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.)
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2019
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CCSHAU
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The quality seed is the most important input for any crop establishment and contribute a lot for production & productivity. The availability of viable and vigorous seed at the time of planting is essential to achieve the target of agricultural production. The good quality seed act as a catalyst for recognizing the potential of other inputs. The organic agriculture boost the utility of botanicals products instead of synthetic products for sustainable growth of agriculture. Keeping in view the experiment was carried in Department of Seed Science and Technology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana to study the effect of organic seed coating on quality and storability of mungbean (Vigna radiata L.). The seeds were treated with botanicals leaf powder @ 10gm/100gm seed and gum used as adhesive @ 2ml/ 100gm of seed. The experiments consists of eleven treatments viz., control, gum, ajwain leaf powder, neem leaf powder, sheesham leaf powder, curry leaf powder, ram tulsi leaf powder, sham tulsi leaf powder, turmeric rhizome powder, woodash, turmeric leaf powder, marua leaf powder on two varieties of mungbean i.e, MH 318 and MH 421. The present investigation was carried out in two different experiments to meet out the objectives of research. In the first experiment, both the varieties were treated just after threshing and at an interval of 6, 12 and 18 months of ageing. The six month old seed of both the varieties resulted better performance in seed quality parameters such as germination, speed of germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, vigor index, emergence index and seedling establishment as compared to freshly treated seed. After 6 months of ageing a continuous declining trend was observed with advancement of storage period. Turmeric rhizome powder showed significant higher values for all the seed quality parameters. The earliest treated seed after threshing with various botanical powders can be maintained well in respect of better seed quality parameters and minimum insect damage during storage.
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