Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003.
The seeds of bengalgram cv. CO 4 were visually colour graded into light brown, brown and dark brown seeds and were evaluated for the seed and seedling quality parameters. Significant differences were observed among the colour grades for germination, seedling length, vigour index, protein content, a-amylase and dehydrogenase activity. The results indicated that the light brown seeds were superior to other colour grades for all the seed quality parameters.
Seed coat colour, Seed quality, Biochemical change, Bengal gram
