Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Assessment of the impact of seed treatment and polymer coating on germination and seedling vigour of maize hybrid, DHM 117
Author(s): K Prasanth Raju, K Radhika, K Bayyapu Reddy and V Saida Naik
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out to assess the impact of seed treatment and polymer coating on germination and seedling vigour of maize hybrid, DHM 117. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized Design with two factors viz., polymer coating (0, 3 and 4 g kg-1 seed) and chemical seed treatment (without seed treatment, Thiram @ 3 g, Imidacloprid @ 5 g and Thiram @ 3 g + Imidacloprid @ 5 g kg-1 seed) and four replications. Polymer coating of maize hybrid seed showed significant influence on germination, speed of germination and dry weight of the seedling, while chemical seed treatment exhibited significant variation on germination and all the seedling parameters under study except root/shoot ratio. The interaction effects were observed to be significant for germination, root length, shoot length, seedling length, vigour index-I and vigour index-II. Seed treated with thiram without polymer coating showed high germination, while seed treated with either Imidacloprid or thiram + imidacloprid without polymer coating had better seedling performance.
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K Prasanth Raju, K Radhika, K Bayyapu Reddy, V Saida Naik. Assessment of the impact of seed treatment and polymer coating on germination and seedling vigour of maize hybrid, DHM 117. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):373-377.
