SEED TREATMENT CHEMICALS AND POLYMER COATING ON SEED LONGEVITY OF COTTON SEED [GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.]

Abstract

An experiment was carried out to know the influence of polymers and seed treatment chemicals on longevity of cotton seeds. From the present investigation of the study it could be concluded that Polykote @ 3 ml/kg + Vitavax 200 @ 2ml/kg of seeds and stored in the polythene bag (400 gauge) maintained higher seed quality attributes such as germination (73.67%), vigour index - I (2038), vigour index - II (2156) and lower electrical conductivity (0.259 ms/ppt), after ten months of storage compare to control in cloth bag which noticed germination (60.00%), vigour index –I (1108), vigour index –II (1220) and higher electrical conductivity (0.430 mS/ppt), respectively.