studies on the effects of spirulina and sea weed extracts as priming agent and foliar nutrition on seed quality and yield in blackgram vigna mungo l

Abstract

STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF SPIRULINA AND SEA WEED newlineEXTRACTS AS PRIMING AGENT AND FOLIAR NUTRITION ON SEED newlineQUALITY AND YIELD IN BLACKGRAM (Vigna mungo L.). newlineBy newlineNGUYEN QUANG THINH M.Sc. (Ag.), newline ID. No. 2015801805 newlineDEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY newlineTAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY newlineCOIMBATORE 641 003 newline2019 newlineSTUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF SPIRULINA AND SEA WEED EXTRACTS newlineAS PRIMING AGENT AND FOLIAR NUTRITION ON SEED QUALITY newlineAND YIELD IN BLACKGRAM (Vigna mungo L.). newlineThesis submitted in part fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of newlineDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (AGRICULTURE) IN SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY newlineto the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003 newlineBy newline NGUYEN QUANG THINH M.Sc. (Ag.), newlineID. No. 2015801805 newlineDEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY newlineTAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY newlineCOIMBATORE 641 003 newline2019 newline newlineABSTRACT newlineSTUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF SPIRULINA AND SEA WEED EXTRACTS AS newlinePRIMING AGENT AND FOLIAR NUTRITION ON SEED QUALITY AND newlineYIELD IN BLACKGRAM (Vigna mungo L.). newlineBy newlineNGUYEN QUANG THINH newlineDegree : Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture) newlinein Seed Science and Technology newlineChairman : Dr. S. SUNDARESWARAN newlineDirector newlineDirectorate of Seed Centre newlineTamil Nadu Agricultural University, newlineCoimbatore 641003. newline2019 newlineStudies were under taken to find out the possibility of exploitation of Spirulina newlineplatensis and seaweed extracts for seed priming treatments and to study their effect on newlineseed germination and related physiological and biochemical activities, anatomical newlinechanges, storage potential and storage fungal infection; and also the effect of foliar newlinesprays on growth parameters, pod and seed yield attributes and resultant seed quality in newlineBlack gram cv. CO 6 at the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu newlineAgricultural University, Coimbatore. newlineFor these studies, Spirulina platensis was obtained from iGreen Firm, newlineCoimbatore and sea weeds viz., Sargassum wightii, Sargassum myricocystum and newlineTurbinaria conoides were collected from the coastal region of Rameswaram, Tamil newlineNadu and the extracts were prepared with meth