Effect of seed dressing fungicides and bioagents on seed borne fungi, seed germination, shoot-root length and seedling vigour index of sorghum at different storage periods

Sorghum seed showed association of twelve fungi Among the fungicides and bioagents tested for their efficacy against seed borne mycoflora to improve seed germination and plant health study was made on fungal association with sorghum, seed germination percentage, shoot – root length and seedling vigour index which decreased as the storage period increased. Seed treatment with thiram + carbendazim (1:1) 3g/kg of seed was found superior in controlling the seed borne mycoflora (0.50 to 0.0%), increasing seed germination (88.00 to 71.00%), shoot length (12.8 to 10.82 cm), root length (7.3 to 5.45 cm) and seedling vigour index (1768 to 1155). How to view point the article : Koche, Mina D., Gadekar, R.M., Kapse, V.V. and Konde, S.A. (2012). Effect of seed dressing fungicides and bioagents on seed borne fungi, seed germination, shootroot length and seedling vigour index of sorghum at different storage periods. Internat. J. Plant Protec., 5(2) : 268-271.