Effect of Aloe Vera Coating Substance on Germination, Vigor and Seedling Growth of Sweet Corn
Keywords:
seed quality, seed enhancement, natural coating substanceAbstract
Sweet corn seeds are highly rich in sugar. They also have accumulated food molecules which are small an easily degradable. This can easily lead to seed quality deterioration which in turn results in seeds with low germination and vigor. Such seeds when planted in vegetable plots can affect germination and result in deterioration of the seed quality after storage. To solve such problems, natural seed coating substance was developed to coat seeds in order to protect them from inappropriate environments and can help maintain the quality of the seeds for a longer period of time. The experiment was conducted at the Seed Technology Laboratory, Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Production, Maejo University. The design was completely randomized with four replications. The thirteen treatments were applied in this research that consist of non-coated seed, coated seed with commercial coating substances, coated seed with Carboxylmethyl Cellulose (CMC), coated seed with Aloe Vera and coated seed with Aloe Vera extract. Each method of seed coating was applied at the concentrations of 1, 2 and 3 ml. The test results can be summarized as the following: Coated seeds with 1 ml of Aloe Vera had high percentages of radicle emergence and speed of radicle emergence. However, after coating seeds with every seed coating method, the differences in seeds’ germination and speed of germination were statistically insignificant when compared to non-coated. Furthermore, using the same seed coating substance with sweet corn seeds also resulted in better improvement in shoot and root length compared to other methods. Additionally, after running the accelerated aging test, it was found that the coating seeds with 1 ml of Aloe Vera helped seeds result in better radicle emergence and speed of radicle emergence compared to other methods. Moreover, the seedlings had higher shoot and root length there was better when compared to other methods.
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