Longevity and vigour of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) seed stored under humid tropical ambient conditions | Dolgoživost in vitalnost semen kajana (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) shranjenih v vlažnih tropskih razmerah

English. Seeds of 20 pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) genotypes were evaluated for seed longevity and vigour under humid ambient conditions. Cleaned seeds of each genotype were packed into a polyethylene bag, the packaged lot was electrically sealed and thereafter placed in a seed store under ambient conditions (30 ºC, RH 75 %). Seed samples were withdrawn at 0, 60, 120, 180 and 240 days after storage for seed quality parameters evaluation. The experiment consisted of two factors which were genotype and storage duration and was a laid out in a completely randomized design with three replications. Data were collected on rate of seed germination, seed viability, seedling length, seedlings fresh mass, seedlings dry mass and seedling vigour index. Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance and significant treatment means were separated using Tukey’s HSD test at 5 % probability level. PROBIT modelling was also used to predict the seed longevity of stored pigeon pea. Significant differences were observed in all seed quality attributes evaluated among the 20 pigeon pea genotypes and storage time except seedling fresh mass. Seed quality attributes decreased significantly with increasing storage periods. Genotypes NSWCC-18A, NSWCC-24, NSWC-34 and NSWCC-29A were identified to be superior for most of the seed quality attributes evaluated. PROBIT modelling result revealed that genotype NSWCC-29b had the highest storage life (16.28 months) and the highest storage potentials in terms of seed viability and other seed quality attributes of all seed lots.

Slovenian. Dolgoživost in vitalnost semen 20 genotipov kajana (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) sta bili ovrednoteni v vlažnih tropskih razmerah. Očiščena semena vsakega od genotipov so bila shranjena v zaprte polietilenske vrečke, ki so bile nameščene v hrambo semen pod okoljskimi razmerami (30 ºC, RH 75 %). Vzorci semen so bili odvzeti po 0, 60, 120, 180 in 240 dnevih za ovrednotenje parametrov kakovosti. Poskus je bil dvofaktorski, kjer je bil prvi dejavnik genotip, drugi pa trajanje hrambe in je bil izveden kot popolni naključni poskus s tremi ponovitvami. Zbrani so bili podatki o kalivosti semen, njihovi viabilnosti, dolžini sejank, sveži in suhi masi sejank in njihovem vitalnostnem indeksu. Podatki so bili ovrednoteni z analizo variance, poprečja značilnih obravnavanj so bila ločena s Tukeyevim HSD testom pri verjetnosti 5 %. Za predvidevanje dolgoživosti shranjenih semen kajana je bil uporaben PROBIT model. Ugotovljene so bile značilne razlike v vseh ovrednotenih kakovostnih parametrih semen med vsemi 20 genotipi kajana in med časi hrambe, z izjemo sveže mase sejank. Kakovostni parametri semen so se s časom shranjevanja značilno zmanjševali. Genotipi NSWCC-18A, NSWCC-24, NSWC-34 in NSWCC-29A so bili prepoznani kot najboljši v vseh ovrednotenih parametrih kakovosti. Na osnovi PROBIT modela je bilo odkrito, da je imel genotip NSWCC-29b med vsemi semenskimi vzorci najdaljši čas preživetja (16,28 mesecev) in največji potencial za shranjevanje glede na viabilnost semen in druge parametre kakovosti.