Evaluation Seed Yield and Quality of Different Genotypes of Spinach (Beta vulgaris)
Journal Title: Scientia Agriculturae - Year 2016, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
The experiment was carried out at the farm of Department of Horticulture, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur-1706 on six spinach (Beta vulgaris var. bengalensis. Hort) genotypes to observe their seed production potentiality and to evaluate the quality of produced seeds. Six genotypes of spinach were Shathi, BADC kopi palong, kopi palong from Northern Seed Ltd, Debgiri, BRAC kopi palong and a Local cultivar of Gazipur. Different data were collected from field as plant height, leaf number, days to 50% flowering, and days to maturity of seed. Laboratory seed testing were conducted according to ISTA rules to evaluate the quality of seeds. In case of seed yield (kg/ha), BRAC kopi palong produced the highest (1445kg) amount of seeds. The cultivar Debgiri produced lowest seed yield (915.7kg). Quality tests of seed were done based on germination test (%), Seed vigor test(Electrical conductivity), moisture test (%) and thousand seed weight (g) of seeds. The seeds of cultivar BRAC kopi palong perform best in quality tests as highest germination percentage, lowest value in conductivity test and lowest moisture content. On the other hand, the seeds of cultivar Debgiri had the lowest quality among all the cultivars with lowest germination percentage and highest value in conductivity and moisture tests. The relationship between the seed yield and seed quality were found to be positive, as high seed producing cultivar possessed good seed quality.
Authors and Affiliations
Karimatul Ambia, M Mofazzal Hossain, Md. Maksudul Haque, Mosiur Rahman Bhuyin, Shyam Chandra Halder, Krisna Chandra Saha
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- DOI 10.15192/PSCP.SA.2016.16.2.6166
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