WHEAT SEED QUALITY AS AFFECTED BY STORAGE CONTAINER UNDER AMBIENT CONDITION

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at the laboratory condition of Agronomy department of Slier-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka during the period from April to November 2013. The experiment comprised of' two thctors viz. hictor A: storage containers (3 containers) like Tin container. Earthen pot and Plastic pot; and Factor wheat varieties (3 varieties) of which were BARI Gom 21 (Shatabdi), BARI Gom 25. BARI Gom 26. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CR1)) with four replications. The result revealed that tin container showed the highest germination percentage. shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry \veight of seedlings and lowest 1000 seed weight, moisture percentage, days to germination and electrical conductivity of' seeds at 180. 210 and 240 1)AS (days aller storage). Lowest quality performance was observed from earthen pot. For wheat varieties. BARI Gom 26 showed the highest quality performance in respect of the highest germination percentage. shoot and root length, seedling fresh weight and dry weight. 'l'his variety also showed lowest electrical conductivity and days to germination. Due to interaction cl'Rct of different storage containers and varieties, the highest germination (97.79%, 96.37% and 94.93%. at 18021() and 240 1)AS respectively) and maximum seedling shoot length. root length, fresh weight and dry weight of seedlings was observed from BARI Gom 26 stored in 'liii container and the lowest result was found from earthen pot with BARI Gom-26.