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Quality of Vegetable Seeds as Influenced by Various Sources of Collection

H. Banu
Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur.

N. Akter
Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur.

B.C. Halder
Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur.

M.A. Kabir
Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur.

M.S. Islam
BRAC Agricultural Researchand Development Center, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

M.M. Ali
Department of Agroforestry and EnvironmentHajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

An experiment was conducted at the Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur from May to June 2017 to evaluate the qualities of different vegetable seeds from various sources. The experiment was comprised five sources of crop seeds viz., Supreme Seed Company (T1), seeds produced by Krishi Banijjo Prothis than (T2), seeds of Metal Agro Limited (T3), seeds of BRAC Seed Enterprise (T4) and seeds of local seed traders (T5), and three crops: C1 (Radish), C2 (Country bean) and C3 (Brinjal) respectively. The experiment was laid out in the Completely Randomized Design with three replications. The parameters studied were percent moisture content, percent analytical purity, percent germination, percent of normal and abnormal seedling of three crops and seedling vigour in terms of root and shoot length, number of secondary roots, fresh and dry weight of shoot and roots. The result revealed that the maximum purity (95.67%), germination (96.67%) was found in BRAC Country bean seed and minimum moisture (6.37%) was found in Supreme Country bean seed. The highest shoot length, fresh weight of shoot and number of secondary roots per seedling were found in the combination of BRAC Country bean seeds. The longest root and shoot were found in the combination of seeds of Supreme with Country bean.Local Brinjal seeds performed least in case of shoot length, root length, fresh and dry weight of shoot. The study revealed that local seed traders should be trained – up about various aspects of quality vegetable seed production and marketing. Parallel to this, seed certification activities must be strengthened to assure the qualities of different vegetable seeds too.

Keywords: Radish, Country bean, Brinjal, Seed company

Location: Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur

Start Date: 00-05-2017

End Date: 00-06-2017

Program Area: Seed Technology

Commodity: Vegetables

Objectives:

The present study was carried out to evaluate the quality of vegetable seeds collected from different sources.

Methodology:

An experiment was carried out at the laboratory of Horticulture Department, HSTU, during May-June 2017 to evaluate the quality of vegetable seeds collected from different sources at the HSTU, Dinajpur. The conducted experiment comprises different sources of seeds such as, seeds of Supreme Seed Company (T₁), seeds of Krishi banijjo protisthan (T₂), seeds of Metal agro limited (T₃), seeds of BRAC seed enterprise (T₄) and seeds of local seed traders (T₅) and three crops were used as a treatment such as, C₁ (Radish), C₂ (Country bean) and C₃ (Brinjal). So the Treatment Combination was T₁C₁, T₁C₂, T₁C₃, T₂C₁, T₂C₂, T₂C₃, T₃C₁, T₃C₂, T₃C₃, T₄C₁, T₄C₂, T₄C₃, T₅C₁, T₅C₂, and T₅C₃. The experiment was laid out in Complete Block Design (CRD) with three replications. The quality parameters such as percent moisture content, percent analytical purity, germination percentage and seed vigour were estimated this experiment. Statistical Analyses The data obtained from the experiments from the laboratory were analyzed by using a standard statistical program (MSTAT-C) to illustrate the significances of the results. The means for all the treatments were calculated and the analyses of variances for all the components were performed by F-variance test. The differences between the pairs of the treatment means were evaluated by the Least Significant Differences (LSD) test with 5% level of significance for the interpretation of the results (Gomez and Gomez, 1984).

Source of Information: Int. J. Sustain. Crop Prod. 15 (1):1-6 (May 2020)

Article Link (Online Journal): http://ggfjournals.com/e-journals archive

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Achievement/Findings:

From the above-mentioned findings of the present study, it may be concluded that the highest percentage of quality seeds (based on moisture content, purity, germination, seedling vigour) were found from the seeds of BRAC seed enterprise than other seed companies and the lowest percentage were found from of local seeds. It was clear that seeds produced by local seed traders were inferior. Seeds produced by farmers are of inferior qualities as the seeds of local traders are not produced scientifically. The study also suggests that seed certification activities must be strengthened to have quality vegetable seeds in the markets. The local seed traders should also be trained up about the qualities of seeds and the factors, which affect seed qualities from production up to marketing.

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