National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Two hybrids of maize (Zea mays L.) and its parental lines were studies for seed vigour. The seed materials consist of two maize hybrids SHM-1 and DHM-117 and its parental line VQL-1 and SML-1; and BML-6 and BML-7 respectively were collected from Rabi 2016-17 harvest. The seed were tested for initial vigour parameters and subjected to seed treatment with fungicide, insecticide and combination of both. The storage studies were conducted on these treated seed by packing in muslin cloth bag and placing it for six month storage under ambient conditions. The seed lots were evaluated for germination (%), seedling length (cm), seedling dry weight (mg) and vigour index I and II. It was found that the seed deterioration of hybrids were significantly slower than its parental line and treatment with thiram (75 % WS, 2g/kg of seed) improved the storability better than other treatment.
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