Abstract:
The present experiment was conducted at Post Graduate Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Uttar Pradesh during 2015 - 2016 with cowpea variety Kashi unnati obtained from Department of Genetic and Plant Breeding, SHUATS. The seeds were treated with polymer in combination with fungicide (mancozeb), inorganic chemical (ferrous sulphate), bioagent (
Trichoderma viridae) and plant product (neem oil) along with control (untreated seeds). After treatment, seeds were stored in plastic container (P
1) and cloth bag (P
2) for evaluation of seed germination, seedling length, seedling dry matter, seedling vigour indices, protein content and carbohydrate content where data was analysed by factorial experiment laid out in completely randomized design. Germination per cent (95.33), seedling length (37.50 cm), seedling vigour index (SV-I 3573.95), protein content (25.54 %) and carbohydrate content (80.17 %) were recorded high with seed treatment T
7 and seedling dry weight (0.60 g) were recorded high with seed treatment T
4 over all other seed treatments after storage period of 6 months.
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