EFFECT OF FUNGICIDE TREATMENTS AND CONTAINERS ON SEED QUALITY AND STORABILITY OF FORAGE SORGHUM

BITTU RAM*, SATBIR SINGH JAKHAR, AXAY BHUKER, SATPAL AND H. S. SAHARAN
Department of Seed Science and Technology,
Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding,
Department of Plant Pathology
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : bittunaigal14@gmail.com)
(Received : 14 March 2021; Accepted : 30 March 2021)

SUMMARY

The present investigation was carried out at Department of Seed Science and Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to assess the effect of fungicides treatments and storage containers on seed quality and storability in sorghum. The seeds of forage sorghum variety HJ 541 were treated with seventeen different fungicides and stored in three containers viz. cloth bag, polythene bag and metal box. All the treatment combinations were evaluated for seed quality parameters viz. germination, shoot length, root length, seedling dry weight, vigour indices (I and II) and seed mycoflora percentage. All the treatments showed better performance as compared to untreated control. The fungicide carboxin + thiram (2 g/kg of seed) performed better than others and among containers polythene bag was proved better followed by metal box for storability at ambient condition. Seed quality parameters found decreased and seed mycoflora increased with the passage of time in all the containers and treatments with the progress of storage period.

Key words:Forage sorghum, fungicides, container, seed quality and storability

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