Author(s):

Siddartha HV, DK Srivastava, Prashant Kumar Rai and Bineeta M Bara

Abstract: The present storage experiment was conducted at Department of Genetic and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Uttar Pradesh during 2016 - 2017 with tomato seeds (Cv. Arka saurabh). The seeds were coated with polymer in combination with fungicide (thiram) and maintained untreated seeds (control) where T₀ is control, T₁ is fungicide(thiram) alone 3g/kg of seeds, T₂ is polymer @ 3ml/kg of seeds, T₃ is polymer @ 5ml/kg of seeds, T₄ is polymer @ 7ml/kg of seeds, T₅ is polymer @ 3ml + thiram @2g/kg, T₆ is polymer @ 5ml/kg + thiram @ 2g/kg and T₇ is Polymer @ 7ml + thiram @ 2g/kg of seeds. Treated seeds were packed in polythene bag (700 gauge) and aluminium foil pouch (factor P₁ and P₂) for the assessment of seed germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seedling vigour indices, moisture content and seed infection where data was subjected to factorial experiment laid out in completely randomized design. Germination percentage, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seedling vigour indices were high in seed treatment T₇P₂ as compared to all other seed treatments. However, seed infection and moisture content were lowest in T₇P₂.

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