Abstract
Seed invigoration is being utilized as a technique for enhancing quality of aged seeds. In pulses seed hardening is one technique involves Hydration Dehydration (HD). This study was conducted to investigate the response of seeds with marginal germination percentage of two varieties of blackgram (APK 1 and VBN 3), to hardening which consisted of soaking seeds in water/bio active solutions for 4 h and drying to initial moisture content. Seed quality assessment inferred that seed hardening generally improved seed germinability and vigor, seed response varying significantly with variety and initial vigor level. Excellent results were obtained in water soaked seeds rather than organics. Among organics, Prosopis leaf extract at 2% excelled in improving seed quality of aged seeds. Seed hardening is advantageous in two ways 1. Resource poor farmers could benefit from this cash-free technique and 2. Reduced seed rate of marginal seed lot.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Seed hardening improved germinability and vigor of blackgram seed.
- Taxon
- blackgram
Vigna mungot0 - Treatment
- seed hardeninge0
- Outcome
- seed germinability and vigore0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“Seed quality assessment inferred that seed hardening generally improved seed germinability and vigor, seed response varying significantly with variety and initial vigor level.”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
Blackgram seed response to hardening differed with variety and initial vigor.
- Taxon
- BlackgramVigna mungot0
- Material
- variety and initial vigor levele0
- Outcome
- seed responsee0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“seed response varying significantly with variety and initial vigor level”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
Water soaking gave better blackgram seed results than organic solutions.
- Taxon
- BlackgramVigna mungot0
- Treatment
- water soakede0
- Outcome
- Excellent resultse0
- Direction
- Excellente0
- Comparator
- organicse0
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Verbatim
e0“Excellent results were obtained in water soaked seeds rather than organics.”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
Among organic treatments, 2% Prosopis leaf extract best improved aged blackgram seed quality.
- Taxon
- BlackgramVigna mungot0
- Treatment
- Prosopis leaf extract at 2%e0
- Outcome
- seed qualitye0
- Direction
- improvinge0
- Comparator
- organicse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among organics, Prosopis leaf extract at 2% excelled in improving seed quality of aged seeds.”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend seed hardening as a cash-free option for resource-poor farmers.
- Taxon
- BlackgramVigna mungot0
- Outcome
- Resource poor farmers could benefit from this cash-free techniquee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed hardening is advantageous in two ways 1. Resource poor farmers could benefit from this cash-free technique and 2. Reduced seed rate of marginal seed lot.”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors state seed hardening can reduce the seed rate of marginal lots.
- Taxon
- BlackgramVigna mungot0
- Outcome
- Reduced seed rate of marginal seed lote0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed hardening is advantageous in two ways 1. Resource poor farmers could benefit from this cash-free technique and 2. Reduced seed rate of marginal seed lot.”
t0“Blackgram”
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