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Studies on Seed Dormancy and Breaking Methods in Groundnut cv.VRI 7

Shobha K V , Renugadevi J , Jerlin R
Volume : 107
Issue: June(4-6)
Pages: 131 - 135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.2020.000357
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Published: October 23, 2020
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Abstract

The semispreading groundnut variety VRI 7, a hybrid derivative was used tostudy the dormancy status and breaking methods. The cultivar VRI 7 exhibiteddormancy for a duration of 30 days. The fresh kernels were subjectedto various dormancy breaking treatments viz., warm stratification, coldstratification, seed treatment with GA3, ethrel and their combinations. Amongdifferent dormancy breaking treatments, groundnut kernels subjected towarm stratification was evaluated as the effective treatment for breakingdormancy and enhanced the seed germination and vigour.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.2020.000357
Pages
131 - 135
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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 (https://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.

Keywords

Dormancy; Groundnut; ethrel; GA3; warm stratification and cold stratification

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