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Effect of Seed Coating and Pelleting on Germination, Plant Establishment and Seed Yield in Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)

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Title Effect of Seed Coating and Pelleting on Germination, Plant Establishment and Seed Yield in Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)
 
Creator P. H. Nikumbhe
C. S. Shanttaraja
 
Subject Seed coating
seed pelleting
cumin
seed storage
seed germination
 
Description An investigation to study the effect of seed coating and pelleting on germination, plant establishment, and seed yield of cumin was conducted at ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, during the Rabi season in the year 2016 and 2017. The field experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design, comprising 18 treatments in three replications. Results revealed that, pelleting of seeds with lignite + Azospirillum significantly increased per cent field emergence (91.5%), plant height, umbels per plant, seeds per plant and seed yield as compared to other treatments. But seed yield parameters viz. days required for 50% t field emergence, plant height at harvesting time, days required for 50% flowering and seed test weight did not show significant variation with other treatments. Furthermore, an experiment on the storability of pelleted seeds in terms of germination percentage was conducted in a laboratory, and it was found that seeds pelleted with lignite and Azospirillum recorded the highest germination percentage (67%) at the end of a 6-month storage period. Overall, seed pelleting treatments with lignite + Azospirillum improved crop establishment, growth, and seed yield, and the pelleted seeds can also be stored for 6 months under ambient conditions.
 
Publisher Arid Zone Research Association of India, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
 
Date 2024-09-30
 
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/AAZ/article/view/137241
10.56093/aaz.v63i3.137241
 
Source Annals of Arid Zone; Vol. 63 No. 3 (2024): Annals of Arid Zone; 111-116
0570-1791
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAZ/article/view/137241/56008
 
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