Vol. 9, Special Issue 11, Part E (2025)

A comparative study of botanicals and novel molecules on storability of mungbean {Vigna radiata (L.) Wilzeck} was carried out in Complete Randomized Design in Laboratory under ambient storage condition with four replications with an objective to assess the effect of various treatments on seed quality and vigour attributes. The experiment was conducted in the laboratory of department of Seed Science and Technology, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during 2023-25. Twelve treatments including control were tested and evaluated on freshly harvested mungbean seeds of variety ‘Shweta’. The result obtained indicated that various treatments gave significantly better results as compared to control for all the seed quality parameters studied. In the result it was found that among the tested seed protectants, Broflanilide @ 1 ppm (300 SC) @ 3.33 mg/kg seed gave most promising results for various seed quality attributes such as standard germination, shoot length, root length, seedling length, seedling dry weight, speed of germination and vigour under ambient storage period. Thus, Broflanilide @ 1 ppm may be recommended to the farmers for safe storage of mungbean seeds without losing seed viability and vigour up to 12 months.