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EFFECT OF FUMIGATION WITH CELPHOS ON COTTON SEED VIABILITY AND VIGOUR

Volume : 72
Issue: Dec-dec
Pages: 687 - 690
Published: September 26, 2023
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Abstract


Fuzzy and acid delinted seeds of MCU 9 were fumigated with celphos tablets at a dose level of 3 g and 6 g/tonne of seeds for a period of 24 and 48 hours. The fumigatod seeds were stored separately in cloth bag. polythene bag and paper. aluminium foil-polythene-laminated pouch and kept under ambient conditions for 10 months. Irrespective of the dosage and duration, fumigation treatment decreased the viability and vigour of seed during subsequent storage.

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687 - 690
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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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