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SCRE ENING OF SESAME ca:NOTYPES FOK

WATE RLOG CING TOLE RANC E
V. Athul' and M.R. Hindu 2
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Co ll ege of Agri cultu re, Vcll ayani
:onattukara Regional Agri cultural Researc h Station, Kayamku lam , K crala

Introduction spec ified peri od and allowe d to grow to

Sesame (Sesam um indicum L.) is an
important oil seed crops cultivated in India
and known as "Queen of oil seed crops In
Kerala , sesame is mainly cultiva ted in
summer rice fallows and rabi uplands of
Onattukara where the soil is sandy loam with
poor drainage and high water table. Sesame
is very sensitive to excess moisture and crop
losses due to water logging are considerably
high (Khidir, 1997). Studies on the effect of
water logging on sesame are very limited.
So the present study was taken up with an
objective to study the effect of duration of
waterlogging on seedling survival and identify
genotypes toleran t to excess soil moisture
conditions.
Materials and Methods
The presen t study was carried out at
Onattukara Regional Agricultural Research
Station, Kayam kulam during 2014-2 015
summe r as pot culture experi ment in a
Completely Random ized Design with thirty
genoty pes in three replica tions. Potting
mixture used was sandy loam soil mixed with
coir pith compost. Twenty days after sowing,
water logging was impose d in the pots for
three differe nt duratio ns viz.24 hours, 48
hours and 72 hours and water level was
mainta ined 2cm above soil surface by
replenishing with water frequently. Water
was drained out from the pots after the
maturity. Survival percentage was calcula ted
as follows
Seedling survival % = Numbe r of seedl ings
surviveq / Total number of seedlin gs x 100.
Results and Discussion
Water logging is an import ant abiotic
stress affecting plant growth. The degree of
tolerance depends on the species , variety,
growth stage, duration of flooding, soil type
and growth conditions. (Sarkar et al. , 20 16).
The present study revealed that continuous
flooding for a minimu m duration of 72 h
causes severe damag e to sesame . But
Pigliucci and Kolodysnka (2002) found that
flooding did not lead to death of seedlings in
Arabid opsis. This shows that sesame is
susceptible to water logging . Screening for
waterlogging tolerance was done at seedling
stage as pot culture study becaus e it is the
most sensitive stage and pot culture is the
efficient method to identify water logging
tolerance of crop plants. The survived plants
will tolerate flooding during flowering and
maturity stage also as reported by Zou et al.
(2014) in rapeseed.and Sarkar et al. (2016)
m sesame.
Survival percentage is an important mean
to assess the degree of flood tolerance as
reported by Martin et al. (2006) .. When the
effect of :w-ater logging on seedling survival
percentage was compared , al 1the genotypes

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Table 2.Survival percentage of thirty genotypes of scsam

um after treatments
Genotype Period of waterlogging (h)
SI. SI.
No. 24 48 72 No. 24 48 72
l Thilarani 85.4 55.3 45.2 16 PT 2 16.1 6.1 0.0
2 TC 289 14.8 4.8 0.0 17 SV2 80.2 50.2 40.2
3 Ayali 96.4 60.3 50.l 18 GT4 19.5 9.9 0.0
4 Sesamum
malabricum 100.0 100.0 100.0 19 JLT 408 15.6 5.9 0.0
5 Thilak 83.4 52.0 42.4 20 Rama 92.8 59.4 49.2
6 AT28 2 23.2 10.8 3.2 21 JTS 8 16.8 6.9 0.0
7 TKO 308 85.2 55.3 45.2 22 Subhra 26.8 12.6 5.2
8 GTlO 84.3 54.3 44.2 23 TKG 21 31.1 13.5 7.3
9 RT36 9 24.4 11.7 4.3 24 Surya 13.6 4.1 0.0
10 JLS 606-7-2 29.5 13.1 6.2 25 RT36 2 17.1 7.1 0.0
11 MT 10-8-1 18.8 8.9 0.0 26 CUHY 57 12.2 3.4 0.0
12 osc 208 34.4 14.8 9.4 27 osc 560 17.7 7.8 0.0
13 TKG 22 81.6 51.6 41.4 28 osc 207 90.6 58.6 48.6
14 JLS 9707-2 15.l 5.1 0.0 29.: .J~i_l~thara 33.2 14.1 8.6
15 DS5 18.1 8.1 0.0 30 DS 10 19.1 Q.l 0.0
survived under controlled condition, 24 hand flood tolerance.This species can be included
48 h of water loggi ng.(T able. 1 ). But the in a resistance breed ing progr amm e as a
tolerance level differed betw een species. donar parent.
Wild spec ies, Sesa mum mala baric um
recorded cent percent seedling survival. Wild Refe renc es
relatives have already been proved as source 1. D. Bedigian, J.R. Harlan, Econ. Bot. 40
of stress tolerance (Moazzami et al., 2006). (1986) 137.
So this may be used as a sourc e of 2. G.S .Brar, K.LA huja, J. Agric. Sci. 102
wate rlogg ing toler ance in back cross (1979 )427.
breeding programme. Intra specific variation 3. M. 0. Khidir. Crop Res. 24 (1997) 501.
for flood tolerance was also observed. 4. N.H. , Mart in,A. C Bouck,, M. LArnold,
Genet. 17 (2006) 2481.
Conc lusio n 5. A. A.Mo azzam i, Ande rson, R. E., A
From the resul ts of prese nt study ,wild Kamal., J. Agric. food Chetn. 8 ( 2006)
species sesamum malabaricum had highest 54M.
survival perce ntage and it is good source of 6. Pigliucci , A Kolo dynsk a, An. Bot. 90 (
2002.) 199.
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