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SEED PELLETING AND SOIL TYPES ON GERMINATION AND VIGOUR OF SEEDS IN ASH GOURD AND RIBBED GOURD

Volume : 82
Issue: Feb-feb
Pages: 75 - 77
Published: July 07, 2023
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Abstract


A study on seed pelleting in ash gourd (Benninhasa hispida and ribbed gourd Luffa acutangula indicated that pelleting with arappu powder (Albizia amara) was found to be the best pre-sowing seed management practice, as it enhanced field emergence besides including early seedling vigour in sandly loam soil at 60 per cent water holding capacity.

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75 - 77
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Pelleting Soil Types Seed Vigour Gourds
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