EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENT, CONTAINER AND STORAGE PERIOD ON LONGEVITY OF FOXTAIL MILLET

B.N. RADHA¹*, B.C. CHANNAKESHAVA², NAGARAJ HULLUR³, G. JAYARAME GOWDA⁴, K. BHANU PRAKASH⁵, R. SIDDARAJU^6
1Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
²Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
³Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
⁴ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, 560089, Karnataka, India
⁵Project Co-ordinated Cell (Small millets), ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, 560089, Karnataka, India
⁶Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
* Corresponding Author : radhabn29@gmail.com

Received : 04-12-2018     Accepted : 27-12-2018     Published : 30-12-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 12       Pages : 1448 - 1451
Int J Microbiol Res 10.12 (2018):1448-1451

Keywords : Treatment, Container, Storage Period, Thiram
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

An experiment was conducted in the laboratory of the Department of Seed Science and Technology, UAS, Bangalore to find out the effect of different chemicals, botanicals and different containers on storability of foxtail millet. The study was conducted with two seed dressing chemicals viz., Thiram and Neem seed kernel and three different containers viz., cloth bags, polythene bags (700 gauge) and gunny bag. Highly significant differences were observed for treatment with different seed dressing chemicals and type of container irrespective of per cent germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seedling vigour index, electrical conductivity, seed infection and moisture content of stored seeds. The present study on storage revealed that foxtail millet seeds can be stored in polythene bags (700 gauge) after treating with thiram (3g/kg) for extending the storage life.

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