Effect of seed treatments and containers on the maintenance of germination and seedling vigour of COPH 2 pigeonpea hybrid and its parential seeds in storage
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Author:K.PARAMESWARI, K. VANAGAMUDI AND S. KAVITHA
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:91, Issue:jan-mar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00084
Abstract
In the storage study, COPH 2 pigeonpea hybrid and its parental seeds dried to 8 per cent moisture, treated with chlorine based halogen mixture (calcium oxychloride:calcium carbonates:arappu leaf powder (Albizia amara) @ 5:4:1 ratio) @3 g kg of seeds and packed in high density polyvinyl bag maintained higher germination and seedling vigour during storage than control and carbaryl + bavistin treatments. Seeds of female parent could be stored safely upto 15, male parent for 24 and hybrid for 21 months, which indicated that male parent is a good storer, female parent is a poor storer and the hybrid behaved intermediary between male and female parents.
Key words : COPH 2 pigeonpea hybrid and its parents, Seed treatments, Storage containers, Vigour and viability.