1National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Gwalior Road, Jhansi-284 003 (U.P.)
2Seed center, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.)
Online published on 23 May, 2017.
The study on prediction of seed storability was conducted in accelerated ageing chamber for the biofuel crop Jatropha curcas. It is revealed that the seed quality characters decreased with advances in ageing and the seeds lost their germination within 9 days indicating Jatropha curcas as a medium storer. There was a little varaiation in storage behaviour of different seed sources.
Accelerated ageing, Jatropha curcas, Seed source, Storability, Viability
