Effect of Polymer Seed Coating with Micronutrients on Seed Quality of Sunflower
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BASAVE GOWDA
University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 584 104 (Karnataka), India
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PRAMOD GOLASANGI
University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 584 104 (Karnataka), India
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NM SHAKUNTALA
University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 584 104 (Karnataka), India
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SR DODDAGOUDAR
University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 584 104 (Karnataka), India
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I SHANKER GOUD
University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 584 104 (Karnataka), India
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Micronutrients, Polymer seed coating, Seed quality, Seed treatment, SunflowerAbstract
The laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of polymer seed coating with micronutrients on seed quality of sunflower. The seeds were treated with different concentrations of polymer i.e., 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 ml kg and twenty five different concentrations of zinc and boron and their combination treatments were studied. Among the different treatment seeds coated with combination of zinc (4g) and boron (4g) and polymer (6 ml/kg) recorded significantly higher germination percentage (88.00%), shoot length (11.90 cm), root length (14.30 cm), seedling length (26.20 cm), seedling dry weight (55.00 mg) and seedling vigour index-I & II (2309 & 4696) as compared to control.
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