Potential of seaweed liquid fertilizers (slfs) on some agricultural crop with special reference to protein profile of seedlings

The effect of crude seaweed extracts from the green seaweed Ulva lactuca and the brown seaweed Sargassum wightii was studied on germination and protein profile of five different crops viz., Amaranthus roxburghinus (sirukeerai), A. tricolor (mulakeerai), Arachis hypogea (ground nut), Capsicum annum (chilli) and Tagetes erecta (marigold) seedling. The seeds of five different test plants were treated with 1.0% SLF of both seaweeds for 6h durations and allowed to grow under laboratory conditions. Five day old seedlings of Amaranthus roxburghinus, A. tricolor, Arachis hypogea and Tagetes erecta and ten day old seedling of Capsicum annum were subjected for protein profile analysis.