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Studies on seed colouring in redgram, blackgram and bengalgram

author(s) Babu, P H - Tonapi, V A - Ansari, N A - Varanavasiappan, - Redy, C H R - Navi, S S - Seetharama, N
from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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Babu, P H and Tonapi, V A and Ansari, N A and Varanavasiappan and Redy, C H R and Navi, S S and Seetharama, N (2007) Studies on seed colouring in redgram, blackgram and bengalgram. Seed Research, 35 (1). pp. 58-65
Studies on seed colouring in redgram, blackgram and bengalgram

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Abstract

Experiments were conducted to study the effect of seed colouring of red gram, black gram and bengal gram seeds encompassing 25 dyes to identify non-deleterious and deleterious dyes based on their effect on seed quality. The dyes namely Rhodamine-B, Fuchsine and Titan yellow for red gram; Rhodamine-B, Fuchsine and Phenol red for black gram; and Rhodamine-B, Crystal violet, Titan yellow for bengal gram were the best dyes for seed colouring at 0.75% concentration. The development of colour standards for red gram, black gram and bengal gram seeds and their implications for the Indian seed industry are also discussed

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