Germination of fresh seed of thirtyCenchrus ciliarisecotypes as influenced by seed treatment

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important winter season pulse crop in India grown in drought prone semi-arid and tropical regions. The aim of present investigation was to find out the effect of seed enhancement treatment on field performance of chickpea. Seeds of Chickpea Desi cultivar Pusa 256, Pusa 2028, and Kabuli cultivar Pusa1053, Pusa1108, each of fresh and 4 yrs old lots were taken for seed enhancement treatments like osmo-priming, halo-priming, fungicidal, botanical and polymer coating alone and in combination with thiram and neem oil. It was observed that seed treatment with thiram alone or in combination with polymer (PVP or PEM) significantly enhances germination and field emergence. Old seed lots of particularly Pusa 256 gives better result. The speed of emergence was invariably high in fresh seed lot (9.43) than old seed lots (4.84). However, in old seed lots, only halo-priming and polymer (PVP) in combination with thiram improved the speed of emergence significantly. Thus seeds treatment with thiram or in combination with hydrophilic polymers could be used for enhancing theperformance of chickpea.

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Comparative Effectiveness Of Seed Treating And Foliar Insecticides Against Sucking Pests Of Cotton And Impact On Their Natural Enemies

Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.3329/bjar.v38i1.15190 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SMA Hossain ◽

MA Baque ◽

MR Amin

Keyword(s):

Natural Enemies ◽

Untreated Control ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Foliar Spray ◽

Cost Ratio ◽

Research Station ◽

Benefit Cost Ratio ◽

Benefit Cost ◽

Thrips Population ◽

Cotton Cultivar

The Imidacloprid insecticide, Gaucho 70 WS at 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5 g/kg seed was used as seed treatment and monocrotophos 40 WSC at 1120 ml/ha was applied as foliar spray on CB9 cotton cultivar to suppress aphid, whitefly and thrips, and impact on their natural enemies during 2008-2011 at the Regional Cotton Research Station, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The activity of natural enemies, such as ladybird beetle, lacewing, syrphid, and spider population on the sucking pests attacking cotton cultivar CB9 and yield of cotton were recorded. Imidacloprid significantly reduced aphid, whitefly, and thrips population on cotton crops compared to untreated control or foliar spray of monocrotophos 40 WSC at 1120 ml/ha. Ladybird beetles, lacewings, syrphids, and spiders were abundant in the field but their population decreased in the treated plots compared to untreated control. The CB9 cotton cultivar produced significantly higher yield (1.73 t/ha) with a benefit cost ratio 12.47 when seeds were treated with Imidacloprid at 5.5 g/kg fuzzy seed. This study indicated that Imidacloprid (Gaucho 70 WS) used as a seed treatment may be suggested to the cotton growers for controlling sucking pests. Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(1): 61-70, March 2013 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i1.15190

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Seed treatment using plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and its effect on growth and yield of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) plants

Plant Science Archives ◽

10.33680/plsa.2019.017 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

Plant Growth ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Lycopersicum Esculentum ◽

Plant Growth Promoting ◽

Growth Promoting ◽

Effect On Growth

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Irrigation scheduling and water requirements for cowpea using evaporation pan at middle of Iraq

Journal of Aridland Agriculture ◽

10.25081/jaa.2018.v4.3445 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 13-17

Author(s):

Saifuldeen A. Salim ◽

Isam Kudhier Hamza ◽

Laith Farhan Jar

Keyword(s):

Water Productivity ◽

Irrigation Treatment ◽

Growing Season ◽

Irrigation Scheduling ◽

Water Requirements ◽

Applied Water ◽

Fresh Seed ◽

Irrigation Interval ◽

Biological Yield ◽

Evaporation Pan

The present study was conducted to find out the water requirements and most suitable irrigation frequencies for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) var grown under drip irrigation. The treatments were based on the IW:CPE ratio at different empirical pan factors 0.6 , 0.8, 1.0, 1.,1.4 , and 1.6 Ef (where Ef = IW/CPE). It was observed that the irrigation interval was variable values decreased by increasing Ef value and with the progress of the growing season. The 1.2 and 1.0 IW: CPE treatments with approximately 4 days irrigation interval were achieved the best results. The total amount of applied water during Cowpea growing season was varied between 247.7 and 266.5mm with 254.8mm as a mean. Irrigation treatment with Ef1.2 was superior over the rest of other treatments in fresh seed yield (5.13 ton.hec.-1), crop water productivity (2.14 kg.m-3), biological yield (6.88 ton.hec.-1) , fresh pod yield (7.33 ton.hec.-1), weight of 100 seed (31.28gm), number of seed/pod (9.34) and netting percentage (37.1). The lowest values of the most parameters used in this study were obtained by Ef 0.6 irrigation treatment.

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Improvement of separate elements of the techno-logy of cultivation of white cabbage in the conditions of the of the central region of the non-chernozem zone

сборник статей всероссийской научной конференции с международным участием "Растениеводство и луговодство" ◽

10.26897/978-5-9675-1762-4-2020-145 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

A.V. Konstantinovich ◽

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A.S. Kuracheva ◽

E.D. Binkevich

Keyword(s):

Seed Treatment ◽

Unit Area ◽

Growing Season ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Stress Factors ◽

High Quality ◽

Temperature And Precipitation ◽

White Cabbage ◽

Sowing Seed

In conditions of climate change, when temperature and precipitation fluctuations occur more and more frequently during the growing season, it is necessary to obtain high quality seedlings with "immunity" to various stress factors, including high weediness, the damage from which is associated with a decrease in yield (by 25 -35%) and with a deterioration in the quality of agricultural products. Due to the imbalance in production technology, seedlings are often weakened, overgrown, with a low yield per unit area and survival rate in the field. One of the solutions to this problem is the use of PP for pre-sowing seed treatment to increase the competitiveness of seedlings in the field.

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On-Farm Soybean Seed Treatment Trials

10.31274/farmprogressreports-180814-1871 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Jim Fawcett ◽

Zack Koopman ◽

Lance Miller ◽

Wayne Roush ◽

Josh Sievers

Keyword(s):

Seed Treatment ◽

Soybean Seed ◽

Treatment Trials ◽

On Farm

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Multi-environment evaluation of Spanish bunch groundnut genotypes for fresh seed dormancy

Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The) ◽

10.31742/ijgpb.79.3.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 79 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Narendra Kumar ◽

B. C. Ajay ◽

A. L. Rathnakumar ◽

T. . Radhakrishnan ◽

M. C. Dagla1 ◽

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Keyword(s):

Seed Dormancy ◽

Stability Index ◽

Pooled Analysis ◽

Genetic Stock ◽

Breeding Lines ◽

Fresh Seed ◽

Differential Behavior ◽

Environmental Interactions ◽

Crop Maturity

The present study was carried out to evaluate eight promising Spanish bunch groundnut genotypes during four consecutive year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) to study genotype × environmental interactions and to identify stable sources of fresh seed dormancy in Spanish background in groundnut. Pooled analysis of variance revealed highly significant differences among the genotypes and genotype × environmental interactions for fresh seed dormancy at weekly intervals indicating that differential behavior of genotypes for fresh seed dormancy over the environmental conditions. Based on the results of intensity and duration of dormancy and germination stability index, identified four stable advanced breeding lines viz., PBS 12192, PBS 12187, PBS 12191 and PBS 12190 having high fresh seed dormancy of three week and two stable advanced breeding lines viz., PBS 12189 and PBS 12171 having high fresh seed dormancy of two week. Therefore, these genotypes can be used as novel genetic stock of fresh seed dormancy in Spanish bunch and they can be integrated into breeding programs to develop high yielding Spanish bunch cultivars with 2-3 weeks of fresh seed dormancy to avoid yield losses due to in-situ germination at the time of crop maturity.

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