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Legume Research, volume 35 issue 3 (september 2012) : 220-225

PRE-STORAGE SEED INVIGORATION TREATMENTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF GERMINABILITY AND FIELD PERFORMANCE OF URDBEAN [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]

N. Layek, P. Guha, B.K. De, A.K. Mandal*
1Department of Seed Science and Technology, Institute of Agricultural Science, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700 019, India.
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Cite article:- Layek N., Guha P., De B.K., Mandal* A.K. (2024). PRE-STORAGE SEED INVIGORATION TREATMENTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF GERMINABILITY AND FIELD PERFORMANCE OF URDBEAN [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]. Legume Research. 35(3): 220-225. doi: .
Pre-storage dry seed invigoration treatments of freshly harvested urdbean seeds (Vigna mungo L. Hepper, cv. Sarada) with aspirin, bleaching powder, iodinated calcium carbonate and red chilli powder showed siginificantly improved post-storage germinability, field performance and productivity of the crop over control. However, pre-storage wet treatments did not show any beneficial effect on storability and field performance over control. Physiological and biochemical studies indicated higher membrane integrity and greater enzyme activity of the dry treated seeds than untreated control. The lipid peroxide formation and volatile aldehyde production were also significantly lower in the treated seeds than in control. Thus, pre-storage dry treatments may be suggested for the improvement of storability and field performance of urdbean seeds.
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