SEED QUALITY EVALUATION OF SOME RICE GENOTYPES

N.S. KUMAR¹, S.K. BORDOLUI²*
¹Department of Seed Science and Technology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
²Department of Seed Science and Technology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
* Corresponding Author : sanjoy_bordolui@rediffmail.com

Received : 01-08-2019     Accepted : 25-08-2019     Published : 30-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 8       Pages : 637 - 639
Genetics 11.8 (2019):637-639

Keywords : Rice, Morphology, Germination and Vigour
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Seed Science and Technology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Rice is the staple food of more than half the world’s population, and is being cultivated in Asia since ancient time generation after generation. Good quality seeds are the seeds of green revolution, it has been assertively and emphatically shown that 15-20% increased yield could be achieved by the use of good quality seeds alone. The production and supply of good quality seed is one of the most important requirements to achieve higher production and productivity in any crop. The seed quality is governed by various factors viz. genetic, edaphic, environmental, biotic, etc. The production of good quality seed depends on complex condition evoking the most favorable interactions between the genetic makeup of the seed and the environment, under which it is produced, harvested, processed and stored. Seeds undergo deterioration at various levels during storage resulting in decline in vigour and viability. With the above considerations, the present investigation has been undertaken to observe the potentials of ten rice genotypes and observed its seed quality after harvesting in 2015-2016 at Seed Testing Laboratory, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India. Just after harvesting V2 (Gobindabhog) & V9 (IR-36) showed highest germination percentage (97.66) and V9 (IR-36) showed highest vigour index (3204.13). But most of the varieties germination and vigour was nearer to V2 & V9.

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