Abstract
The storage experiment was conducted from July, 2017 to March, 2018 at the Seed Quality Research Laboratory, National Seed Project, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad to know the “Influence of desiccants on quality of onion seeds during storage”. The experiment involved storage of onion seeds cv. Arkakalyan with three desiccants viz., Zeolite beads (T1), Bentonite granules (T2), Charcoal granules (T3) and control (T4). The experiment was laid out in completely randomized design with five replications. Among the treatments, Zeolite beads (T1) recorded significantly higher seed germination (80 %), seedling vigour index (1312), dehydrogenase activity (1.256 OD values) and maintained the lowest moisture content (3.90 %) and electrical conductivity (0.723 dSm-1) as compared to other treatments and control (T4) (71 %, 991, 0.981 OD values, 9.62 % and 0.828 dSm-1, respectively) at the end of nine months of storage period. Therefore, it can be concluded that the zeolite beads could safely be used for seed drying without impairment in seed quality parameters.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Zeolite beads yielded higher seed germination of 80% than other treatments and control after nine months.
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- Zeolite beads (T1)e0
- Outcome
- seed germinatione0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 80 %e0
- Qualifier
- at the end of nine months of storage periode0
- Comparator
- control (T4)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the treatments, Zeolite beads (T1) recorded significantly higher seed germination (80 %), seedling vigour index (1312), dehydrogenase activity (1.256 OD values) and maintained the lowest moisture content (3.90 %) and electrical conductivity (0.723 dSm-1) as compared to other treatments and control (T4) (71 %, 991, 0.981 OD values, 9.62 % and 0.828 dSm-1, respectively) at the end of nine months of storage period”
t0“onion”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeolite beads yielded a higher seedling vigour index of 1312 than other treatments and control.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- Zeolite beads (T1)e0
- Outcome
- seedling vigour indexe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 1312e0
- Qualifier
- at the end of nine months of storage periode0
- Comparator
- control (T4)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the treatments, Zeolite beads (T1) recorded significantly higher seed germination (80 %), seedling vigour index (1312), dehydrogenase activity (1.256 OD values) and maintained the lowest moisture content (3.90 %) and electrical conductivity (0.723 dSm-1) as compared to other treatments and control (T4) (71 %, 991, 0.981 OD values, 9.62 % and 0.828 dSm-1, respectively) at the end of nine months of storage period”
t0“onion”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeolite beads yielded higher dehydrogenase activity of 1.256 OD values than other treatments and control.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- Zeolite beads (T1)e0
- Outcome
- dehydrogenase activitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 1.256 OD valuese0
- Qualifier
- at the end of nine months of storage periode0
- Comparator
- control (T4)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the treatments, Zeolite beads (T1) recorded significantly higher seed germination (80 %), seedling vigour index (1312), dehydrogenase activity (1.256 OD values) and maintained the lowest moisture content (3.90 %) and electrical conductivity (0.723 dSm-1) as compared to other treatments and control (T4) (71 %, 991, 0.981 OD values, 9.62 % and 0.828 dSm-1, respectively) at the end of nine months of storage period”
t0“onion”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeolite beads maintained the lowest moisture content, 3.90%, after nine months.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- Zeolite beads (T1)e0
- Outcome
- moisture contente0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 3.90 %e0
- Qualifier
- at the end of nine months of storage periode0
- Comparator
- control (T4)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the treatments, Zeolite beads (T1) recorded significantly higher seed germination (80 %), seedling vigour index (1312), dehydrogenase activity (1.256 OD values) and maintained the lowest moisture content (3.90 %) and electrical conductivity (0.723 dSm-1) as compared to other treatments and control (T4) (71 %, 991, 0.981 OD values, 9.62 % and 0.828 dSm-1, respectively) at the end of nine months of storage period”
t0“onion”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeolite beads maintained the lowest electrical conductivity, 0.723 dSm-1, after nine months.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- Zeolite beads (T1)e0
- Outcome
- electrical conductivitye0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 0.723 dSm-1e0
- Qualifier
- at the end of nine months of storage periode0
- Comparator
- control (T4)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the treatments, Zeolite beads (T1) recorded significantly higher seed germination (80 %), seedling vigour index (1312), dehydrogenase activity (1.256 OD values) and maintained the lowest moisture content (3.90 %) and electrical conductivity (0.723 dSm-1) as compared to other treatments and control (T4) (71 %, 991, 0.981 OD values, 9.62 % and 0.828 dSm-1, respectively) at the end of nine months of storage period”
t0“onion”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend zeolite beads for seed drying without impairing seed quality.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepat0
- Outcome
- used for seed drying without impairment in seed quality parameterse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“zeolite beads could safely be used for seed drying without impairment in seed quality parameters”
t0“onion”
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