Vol. 4, Issue 3 (2016)
Spin drying of imbibed seeds enhances the vigour potential of hydroprimed seeds by influencing the anatomical and molecular changes of seeds
Author(s): Bhaskaran M and R Umarani
Abstract: Seed vigour determines productivity of crops by influencing germination and vigour of seedlings. Seed vigour can be improved by several quality enhancement procedures including priming which improves emergence and establishment of seedlings. Several seed priming methods viz., Osmopriming, hydropriming, halopriming, biopriming etc., have been developed to meet diverse requirements based on seed quality, size and viability. However, drying of large quantity of primed seeds is laborious and time consuming process. In high value, low volume crops, small quantity of seeds are required for sowing an acre of land by farmers where manual soaking and drying is a tedious process. Spin drying helps to dry the seeds quickly by removing the free water, without any damage to the seeds and thereby enhances seed germination in a wide range of crops. Percent increase in seed germination of spin dried seeds over control was found to be 40.6 (onion), 29.5 (chilli), 41.6 (beetroot), 18.6 (muskmelon), 17.4 (brinjal), 40.9 (tomato), 28.0 (carrot), 29.0 (bitter gourd), 65.9 (bhendi), 45.09 (snak egourd), 11.3 (radish) and 16.2 (ridge gourd).
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Bhaskaran M, R Umarani. Spin drying of imbibed seeds enhances the vigour potential of hydroprimed seeds by influencing the anatomical and molecular changes of seeds. Int J Chem Stud 2016;4(3):133-141.
