Author(s):

NM Shakuntala, KP Kavya, Sangeetha I Macha, Vijaykumar Kurnalliker and MG Patil

Abstract: A laboratory experiment entitled “standardization of water soaking duration on seeds quality in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seeds” carried out at the department of seed science and technology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur, during 2018-19 using Completely Randomized Design with four replications. The factor of study consists of different water soaking durations (control, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42 and 48 h). The results showed that effect of water soaking duration significant on germination percentage, shoot length, root length, seedling dry weight seedling dry weight, seedling vigour I, seedling vigour index II, speed of germination, germination rate index and electrical conductivity in P ≤ 0.05. Mean comparison showed that the highest germination percentage (89.00 %), shoot length (20.42 cm), root length (20.32 cm), seedling dry weight (479.75 mg), seedling vigour index I (3432), seedling vigour index II (40419), speed of germination (29.50) and germination rate index (2951) were achieved by 24 h water soaking (T₅) followed by 18 h of water soaking and lowest was recorded in control (T₁). Significantly highest (0.690 dSm^-1) electrical conductivity was recorded in control (T₁) and lowest (0.251 dSm^-1) was observed in 24 h of water soaking (T₅).

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