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DETERIORATION OF SEED QUALITY AS REVEALED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL TETRAZOLIUM TEST IN FIELD BEAN

Volume : 74
Issue: Apr-may
Pages: 181 - 185
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


A study to determine seed quality of stored field bean cv, Co. 1 by topographical tetrazolium test in comparison with the standard germination test revealed that the germinability differed significantly due to the seed treatments and storage containers. The percentage of germinable seeds in tetrazolium test showed close association with the results of standard germination test. Besides, this test has elegantly and picturesquely Characterised the damages occurring in seeds due to deterioration.

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181 - 185
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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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