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Influence of Plant Oils and Containers on Seed Storability of Alllium Cepa L.

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Title Influence of Plant Oils and Containers on Seed Storability of Alllium Cepa L.
 
Creator LOKESH
SS JAKHAR
SUNIL KUMAR
BITTU RAM
 
Subject Onion, containers, plant oils, seed quality, storage
 
Description An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of plant oils and packaging materials on the longevity of onion seed (variety: Hisar Onion-4). The seeds were coated with eight plant oils seed and were kept in two containers viz., Cloth bag and Plastic zipling bag up to nine months under ambient conditions in Seed Pathology laboratory of Department of Seed Science & Technology, CCSHAU, Hisar. The samples were drawn at three month intervals for ascertaining the seed quality parameters. The seeds coated with neem oil (5 ml kg-1 seed) and stored in plastic zipling bag were found better for the maintenance of higher seed quality parameters [germination (66.33%), root length (3.27cm), shoot length (5.47cm), mean seedling dry weight (26.7mg), vigour indices1 & II (579.4 & 1912), electrical conductivity (0.483 µS/cm/seed), mycoflora (0.643%), emergence index (6.33) and seedling establishment (54.17%)] during study period. The study suggested that the use of appropriate packaging material and seed treatment could be useful to prolong the storage life and seed health of onion seeds.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Seed Technology
 
Date 2024-09-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/SR/article/view/156090
10.56093/sr.v48i2.156090
 
Source Seed Research; Vol. 48 No. 2 (2020): Seed Research; 155-162
0379-5594
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/SR/article/view/156090/55711
 
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