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Effect of Seed Coating on Seed Yield and Related Parameters in Quality Protein Maize Hybrid HQPM 1 (Zea mays L.)


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A field experiment was conducted at Palampur during kharif 2015 to study the effect of different seed coating treatments on seed yield and related parameters in quality protein maize hybrid HQPM 1. The seeds were coated with polymer, fungicides, insecticide, polymer-fungicides and polymer-insecticide combinations. Seed coating had significant effect on days to 50% tasseUng, days to 50 % silking, days to 75 % maturity, plant height (cm), cobs per plant, cob length (cm), cob girth (cm), number of rows per cob, number of seeds per row, seeds per cob, 100-seed weight (g) and seed yield (q/ ha). Seed coating with polymer+ vitavax 200* @ 2 g/kg of seed and vitavax 200* @ 2 g/kg of seed recorded significantly higher seed yield (q/ha), plant height (cm), cobs per plant, cob length (cm), cob girth (cm), number of rows per cob, number of seeds per row, seeds per cob and 100-seed weight (g) in comparison to the untreated control.

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HQPM 1 Maize Hybrid, Seed Coating, Seed Yield and Related Parameters.
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Authors

Jyoti Sharma
Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
K. C. Dhiman
Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
J. K. Sharma
Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Ramesh Kumar
Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India

Abstract


A field experiment was conducted at Palampur during kharif 2015 to study the effect of different seed coating treatments on seed yield and related parameters in quality protein maize hybrid HQPM 1. The seeds were coated with polymer, fungicides, insecticide, polymer-fungicides and polymer-insecticide combinations. Seed coating had significant effect on days to 50% tasseUng, days to 50 % silking, days to 75 % maturity, plant height (cm), cobs per plant, cob length (cm), cob girth (cm), number of rows per cob, number of seeds per row, seeds per cob, 100-seed weight (g) and seed yield (q/ ha). Seed coating with polymer+ vitavax 200* @ 2 g/kg of seed and vitavax 200* @ 2 g/kg of seed recorded significantly higher seed yield (q/ha), plant height (cm), cobs per plant, cob length (cm), cob girth (cm), number of rows per cob, number of seeds per row, seeds per cob and 100-seed weight (g) in comparison to the untreated control.

Keywords


HQPM 1 Maize Hybrid, Seed Coating, Seed Yield and Related Parameters.

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