PJB-2022-180
THE EFFECT OF MICROWAVE IRRADIATION ON SEED GERMINATION OF LUFFA AEGYPTIACA (SPONGE GOURD) FOR IMPROVED YIELD
Naveed Ahmad
Abstract
Luffa aegyptiaca a member of the Cucurbitaceous family is growing on commercial level in various countries. Several, experiments have been conducted to increase the growth and overcome the problems in seed dormancy. The following work involves microwave radiation treatment on luffa aegyptiaca seed before planting. A 2450 MHz microwave radiation has applied for five sec ‘T1’, ten sec ‘T2’, and fifteen sec ‘T3’. Different factors like germination percentage, shoot length (cm), plant Height (cm), number of leaves per plant, leaf rea (cm2) and Root length (cm) are investigated and take the percentage averages. As a result, it is found that the growing parameter also had a constructive influence of pre-planting microwave treatment especially T3 than T1 and T2.
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