Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, India.
Studies were made to trace the influence of seed source on seed size distribution and seed and seedling quality variation with samples of tamarind collected from eighteen locations of Tamil Nadu. The results revealed that seed size and seed and seedling quality characters were related to each other. Among the seed sources, seeds collected from Coimbatore (Western zone), Nagerkoil and Peechiparai (High rainfall zone) were bolder in size and higher in their seed quality characters. The distribution of medium sized seeds (6.3mm) was higher within the selected locations of Tamil Nadu.
Seed source, Seed size, Tamarind
