Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Aasif M, Paulpandi VK, Durai Singh R, Saravanapandian P and T Sivakumar

Abstract:
The world's most traditional oilseed crop sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is often known as the "Queen of oilseeds." Field experiment was conducted during 2019 at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, to study the effect of various media composition on performance of sesame seedlings grown under various media compositions suitable for transplanting. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with six treatments and four replications. Observations such as seed germination percentage, shoot length, number of leaves, root length, root volume and vigour index are recorded. Among the media combination, results shows that (T₅) red soil: sand: vermicompost: composted coir pith (2:1:1:1) recorded higher seed germination percentage (88.30 %), shoot length (15.26 cm), number of leaves (6.20), root length (3.70 cm), root volume (0.18 cc) and vigour index (1674) and the lowest were recorded under control without any media application.