1Present address: Reader, D.B.S. P.G. College, Kanpur-208 027, (Uttar Pradesh), India
Department of Seed Science and Technology, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208 002, (Uttar Pradesh), India
Online published on 15 October, 2015.
The seed testing procedure for kalaunji (Nigella sativa Linn.) seeds was standardized. The results revealed that the weight of the working and submitted sample for physical purity analysis should be 6 and 60 g, respectively. The germination test of kalaunji seed should be conducted on Top of the Paper (TP) media at 20°C temperature. The optimum days for first and final count for germination were 6 and 10 days, respectively.
Germination, Kalaunji, Seed quality, Seed testing
