Viability Extension of a Grass Pea Seed Species under Ambient Storage using Selected Chemicals

Author(s): Chandan Kumar Pati*

Abstract: An investigation was carried out on maintenance of storage potentiation of a grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) seed species by using ascorbic acid and NaDK. Seeds pre-soaked with the ascorbic acid and NaDK (100 μg ml-1 each) for 2 hours and stored for 180 days under ambient storage significantly arrested profuse leakage of free amino acids from seeds. Concomitantly, the reduction of percentage germination, protein level as well as activity of catalase enzyme of seed kernels during ambient storage period was ameliorated to a significant extent in the chemical-pretreated seeds. The promising effect of the experimental chemicals on seed invigouration of the grass pea species under ambient storage is apparent in this investigation.

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