Abstract

Bajra seeds ev. CO 7 treated with iodine based halogen formulation as 1 g kg (dry and slurry), packed separately in cloth bag and polylined cloth bag and stored under ambient condition for 10 months along with thiram treated at 4 g kg and control revealed that the halogenated seeds maintained high germination (8051. seedling vigour and field emergence (75%) upto 8 months in both polylined cloth bag and cloth bag. respectively. Thiram treated seeds did store only for 4 and 2 months with 75% germination in the above containers. Evaluation of the above seeds in a field trial upheld the superiority of halogenated seeds (slurry treatment) with increase in plant height (35%), number of leaves (634). productive tillers (67%) and seed yield (28%) over the control The yield recorded by the thiram-treated seeds was less by 10 per cent compared to halogenated seeds.

Keywords: Bajra, Halogenation. Chlorine, Iodine