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EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENTS OF CHEMICAL AND PLANT ORIGIN ON SEED VIABILITY OF SUNFLOWER EC 68413.

  • Author:K K. VADIVELU, T. V KARIVARATHARAJU and V. RAMAKRISHNAN

    p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:70, Issue:nov-nov

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02676
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Abstract

                                Sunflower seeds dried to 8 per cent moisture could be stored for six months in cloth bag without appreciable loss in viability and vigour. Seeds treated with the seed protectants of plant origin viz. Azadirachta indica Vitex negundo, Nicotiana tabacum and Acacia Concinna, stored well for 9 month undar ambient conditions. while those seeds treated with Captan (200g/100 kg of seed) maintained 76 per cent germination upto 12 months both in cloth bag and paper-aluminium foil-polyethylene laminated pouch.

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