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Studies on Development of Seed Coloring Standards in Paddy and Maize

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Title Studies on Development of Seed Coloring Standards in Paddy and Maize
 
Creator Tonapi, V A
Babu, P H
Ansari, N A
Varanavasiappan, S
Ravinder Reddy, Ch
Navi, S S
Seetharama, N
 
Subject Maize
 
Description The investigations on tho effect of seed colouring on paddy and maize seeds encompassing 25 dyes were conducted to identify non-deleterious and deleterious dyes based on their effect on seed quality. The dyes namely Rhodamme-B, Fast green and Fuchsme in order of preference both for paddy and maize are the best dyes for seed colouring at 0.75% concentration. In this paper the possibility of developing colour standards for paddy and matfe seeds and their resultant implications for Indian seed industry has been discussed.
 
Publisher Bioinfo Publications
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5315/1/Seed%20coloring%20in%20paddy%20and%20maize.pdf
Tonapi, V A and Babu, P H and Ansari, N A and Varanavasiappan, S and Ravinder Reddy, Ch and Navi, S S and Seetharama, N (2006) Studies on Development of Seed Coloring Standards in Paddy and Maize. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 19 (2). pp. 278-286. ISSN 0975–9107