• MONALISHA SAHA
• Dr. ANJANI KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

Considering all the protein sources that might help tribal belt of Jharkhand’s poor and malnourished population, none seems more promising or more practical than grain legumes, which famously deliver the amino acids needed to grow and repair tissues of brain , nerve and muscles as well as help to construct the enzymes necessary for normal life function. Luckily there is a grain legume which can suit every local soil and climatic condition of Jharkhand and can be grown on almost every season, is cowpea. Its widespread occurrence and importance in the lives of most tribal and rural population and its intensive use as dietary protein source makes it a preferred choice of crop to study upon. It is well established fact that the seeds are invaded by the fungi during storage. The effect of storage fungi on the cowpea seeds resulted in suppression in their germination. These fungi afflict seed deterioration which are reflected by various physiological, biochemical and cytological changes in seeds. Seed borne storage fungi though saprophytic in nature, affect biochemical disorder and pathological symptoms in the seedlings of crop plants. The study involve studying the effect of dressing the seed with locally available fungicide and studying its effect on seed germination and radical growth, The fungicides commonly used for seed dressing in storage are Thiram, Captan, Bavistin, Difolatan and Dithane M-45. The study was conducted under three moisture level; 6.82% 7.68% and 9.87% and results are compared with control treated seed.

Cowpea seeds, storage fungi, seed germination, seed deterioration, fungicidal dressing, moisture level.

"TOXICITY OF SEED BORNE STORAGE FUNGI OF COWPEA (Vigna sinensis L.)-EFFECT OF FUNGICIDAL DRESSING ON SEED GERMINATION & RADICAL GROWTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.586-589, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808232.pdf

"TOXICITY OF SEED BORNE STORAGE FUNGI OF COWPEA (Vigna sinensis L.)-EFFECT OF FUNGICIDAL DRESSING ON SEED GERMINATION & RADICAL GROWTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp586-589, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808232.pdf