Studies on Seed Vigour in Bt Cotton Hybrids
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Author:R. Ankaiah, N. Balayenkulu, K.V.S. Meena Kumari, V. Sandeep Varma, M. Ganesh and K. Kanaka Durga
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:99, Issue:oct-dec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100165
Abstract
Studies on seed vigour tests in Bt and non Bt cotton hybrids were taken up during 2007 at
Seed Research and Technology Centre, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Irrespective of Bt and Non
Bt cotton hybrids, TP (87%), S methods (85%) recorded higher germination than BP (83%) and
soil method (82%). Among the vigour tests, first count (78%), final count (86%), brick gravel
test (81%) and cold test (79%) recorded higher germination in all the Bt cotton hybrids than
Non Bt hybrids which recorded superior values for speed of germination (74%), field
emergence (76%), paper exhaustion test (68%) and tetrazolium test for viability. Bt cotton
hybrids especially TCH 9 and PRCH 31 recorded higher germination in all germination testing
methods as well as vigour tests. Germination and seedling vigour gradually declined with an
increase in period of accelerated ageing from 0 to 30 days. Such decline was more in Non Bt
cotton hybrids when compared to Bt cotton hybrids. Among different Bt cotton hybrids, PRCH
31 and TCH 9 have shown higher values in all vigour tests as against the other hybrids. There
was a rapid decline in germination and vigour in NCS 145, NCS 207, Rudra and Sandeep.
Key words : Bt and Non Bt cotton hybrids, germination and vigour tests.