Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India.
A field experiment was conducted during winter season of 2000 to study the effect of maturity stages on seed yield and quality in three aster genotypes. The results indicated that maximum capitulum diameter, capitulum weight, 1000 seed weight, seed weight per capitula, seed germination rate of germination, root length, shoot length, seedling dry weight and seedling vigour index were recorded in the seeds harvested at 42 days after flowering (DAF). These parameters increased from 7 to 42 DAF then onwards gradually decreased up to 56 DAF. Moisture content in seeds gradually decreased from 7 to 56 DAF.
China aster, Maturity stages, Seed yield, Quality
