Abstract
Laboratory studies were conducted with leaf powder of three plants to show the preservative effect for maintaining the quality of lentil seeds in storage. After processing and drying, seeds were preserved with different botanicals and stored them in earthen pots for eight months. Botanicals, such as whole leaf powder of neem (Azadirachta indica), dholkalmi (Ipmoea sepiara), and bishkatali (Polygonum hydropiper) were used at a dose of 5% w/w (25 g botanical per 500 g of lentil seeds). The lentil seeds were stored till next planting time and seed quality, such as moisture content, germination capacity, root length, shoot length of the seedlings and vigour index were observed. The highest values for all these characters except moisture content were significant when the seeds were preserved with neem leaf powder and bishkatali. Among three botanicals, dholkalmi was less effective. Keywords: Lentil; botanicals; storage; seed quality DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v36i3.9266 BJAR 2011; 36(3): 381-387
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Neem leaf powder preserved lentil seed germination capacity, root length and shoot length at the highest values, significantly.
- Taxon
- Lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- neem leaf powdere2
- Outcome
- germination capacity, root length, shoot lengthe3
- Direction
- higheste2
- Qualifier
- for eight monthse5
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Verbatim
t0“Seed Quality Of Lentil”
e2“The highest values for all these characters except moisture content were significant when the seeds were preserved with neem leaf powder and bishkatali”
e3“germination capacity, root length, shoot length of the seedlings and vigour index”
e5“stored them in earthen pots for eight months”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem leaf powder preserved the highest lentil seed vigour index, significantly.
- Taxon
- LentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- neem leaf powdere2
- Outcome
- vigour indexe3
- Direction
- higheste2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Seed Quality Of Lentil”
e2“The highest values for all these characters except moisture content were significant when the seeds were preserved with neem leaf powder and bishkatali”
e3“germination capacity, root length, shoot length of the seedlings and vigour index”
Claim · model-written summary
Bishkatali leaf powder preserved lentil seed germination capacity, root length and shoot length at the highest values, significantly.
- Taxon
- LentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- bishkatalie2
- Outcome
- germination capacity, root length, shoot lengthe3
- Direction
- higheste2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Seed Quality Of Lentil”
e2“The highest values for all these characters except moisture content were significant when the seeds were preserved with neem leaf powder and bishkatali”
e3“germination capacity, root length, shoot length of the seedlings and vigour index”
Claim · model-written summary
Bishkatali leaf powder preserved the highest lentil seed vigour index, significantly.
- Taxon
- LentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- bishkatalie2
- Outcome
- vigour indexe3
- Direction
- higheste2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Seed Quality Of Lentil”
e2“The highest values for all these characters except moisture content were significant when the seeds were preserved with neem leaf powder and bishkatali”
e3“germination capacity, root length, shoot length of the seedlings and vigour index”
Claim · model-written summary
Dholkalmi leaf powder was less effective at preserving lentil seed quality than the other botanicals.
- Taxon
- LentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- dholkalmie4
- Outcome
- Seed Qualityt0
- Direction
- less effectivee4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Seed Quality Of Lentil”
e4“Among three botanicals, dholkalmi was less effective”
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