Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Laxman Shridhar Kadam, Megha Rahul Meshram, Vaibhav Baburao Jadhav and SK Ransing

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled, “Effect of container and storage condition on germination of wheat seed” was conducted during 2020-21 at Seed Technology Research Unit (STRU), M.P.K.V., Rahuri for laboratory observations which were evaluated in factorial completely randomized design (FCRD) with three replications. The experiment consist of four varieties viz., Godavari (V₁), Panchavati (V₂), Tapovan (V₃) and Trimbak (V₄), two storage conditions viz., ambient storage (S₁) and storage at low temperature (20⁰C) (S₂), Five storage container such as Gunny bag (C₁), Cloth bag (C₂), Polythene bag (C₃), High density polyethylene (HDPE) bag (C₄) and Pro-grain bag (C₅) and three seed type age fresh seed (A₁), revalidated first (RvdI^st) seed (A₂) and revalidated second (RvdII^nd) seed (A₃). The observations on germination percentage was recorded at monthly interval up to twelve months at storage condition. The study revealed that, among the varieties, significant differences were observed. The germination percentage (88.04%) was better in respect of variety Godavari followed by Panchavati, Tapovan and Trimbak. Among the storage conditions, storage at low temperature (20 °C) i.e. cold storage, condition was found better for germination of wheat. Among storage containers, seeds stored in polythene bag showed good germination percentage followed by pro-grain bag and HDPE bag. However lowest germination percentage was observed from gunny bag storage container. The seeds stored in polythene bag were better in maintaining germination (88.16%) up to 12^th months under cold storage conditions. Germination percentage (93.20%) were formed better in the fresh seed. The study suggested that seeds stored in polythene bag under cold storage condition could be useful to prolong the 32^th month’s storage life of wheat seeds. The wheat seeds can maintain the 85.68% germination percentage, at the age of 34^th months which is above Indian minimum seed certification standards (IMSCS) (85%).