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Suitability of capsule as a paddy coating material for the system of rice intensification (SRI)
Tukur Daiyabu Abdulkadir1, Wan Ishak Wan Ismail2, Muhammad Saufi Mohd Kasim3, Siti Khairunniza Bejo4.
One of the challenges faced by farmers in adopting the system of rice
intensification is the seed establishment required high labor demand. This research
aims at providing an alternative to seedling transplanting for the system of rice
intensification. In this research the paddy seed was enhanced with the use of
pharmaceutical capsule as a seed coating material for ease of seed singulation
and suitability in handling by a conventional direct seeding technique. It covers
the study of capsules as a suitable paddy seed coating material. The solubility of
starch and gelatin capsules in water was studied at three different temperatures
of 25oC, 35oC, and 45oC. Three paddy seed treatments of dry seeds, primed seed,
and pre germinated were each placed in to the capsule at the ratio of 1:1 and
planted in the soil with three replications. The planted seeds were irrigated two
times daily for a period of 10 days within which the germination and emergence
were recorded on daily bases. Gelatin capsule was found to be soluble in water
at temperature of 45oC and above. Starch capsule on the other hand was found
to be soluble at temperatures of 25oC which made it the more suitable paddy
coating material in comparison with the gelatin capsule. The germination and
emergence results of starch capsule coated paddy were found to be 95%, 83%,
and 58% for the pre germinated, primed, and dry paddy seeds respectively.
Affiliation:
- Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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