Efficacy of Panchagavya on seed invigoration of biofuel crops

Studies on organic seed fortification with Jatropha curcas and Pongamia pinnata using ‘Panchagavya ’at one, two, three, four and five per cent concentrations with the three different soaking durations revealed that Panchagavya at 2 and 5% with the soaking duration of 16 and 8 h were superior than the control and other concentrations in terms of germination and seedling vigour for Jatropha curcas and Pongamia pinnata respectively. Key words: Organic fortification, biofuel species, seed germination, seedling vigour.

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