Seed Quality and Vigour Assessment of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.) Genotypes

Coriander Seed Quality and Vigour Assessment as Affected by Bioregulators and Varied Irrigation Regimes Based on Climatological Approach

“…The aggregate of data embodied in Table 1 so assembled expressed that maximum plumule length (15.36cm), radical length (5.20cm) and seedling length (18.30cm) was elucidated with foliar spray of Salicylic acid @ 150ppm (C2) which was statistically superior than other chemicals. The findings of this experiment are in close proximity with the observation of Singh et al, [3], Suman et al, [11], Singh and Malik [7] in coriander, Deswal et al, [9] in Fennel.…”

“…The increase in dry weight of coriander seedlings might owing to rapid germination, which lead to elongation of roots and resulted in enhancement of weight. The findings corroborate with those of Singh et al, [3], Suman et al, [11], Singh and Malik [7] in coriander, Srivastava et al, [34] and Deswal et al, [9] in Fennel.…”

“…Seed Vigour Index I exhibited higher magnitude (1686.07) for those harvested from plots possessing IW/CPE 0.8 whereas a higher value for Vigour Index II (25.62) was noted under IW/CPE 1.2.The lowest magnitude of 1095.01 and 23.77 was exhibited for seed lot collected from plots with IW/CPE 0.6 for vigour index I & II respectively. The findings contemplate with those of Singh et al, [3], Suman et al, [11], Singh and Malik [7] in coriander, Deswal et al, [9] in Fennel are in propinquity to the present findings.…”

“…Lower seed germination percentage can be attributed to immature embryos and lower food reserves. Seeds with fully mature embryos and high amounts of food reserves are potentially the most germinative and vigorous ones [9]. Thakur and Thakur [28] reported a percent decrease in germination percentage at 75% water deficit.…”

“…Seed size and test weight are important seed quality attributes that affects the seed germination, establishment and performance of the crop" [8]. "The vigorous seeds are beneficial since they possess properties like rapid seedling emergence and higher plant stand" [9]. "Several germination tests have been carried out to correlate well with field emergence.…”