Abstract:
The present study was conducted on wheat variety “K-9351 (Mandakini)â€and was procured from Seed Processing Plant, C.S Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. The experiment was conducted in Rabi 2014-15 and 2015-16. The seeds were used for pre-sowing seed treatments,
i.e.T
1= Control (Unprimed), T
2= Priming with tap water, T
3= Priming with KNO
3 (2.5%), T
4= Priming with GA
3 (50ppm), T
5= Priming with Cacl
2 (1%), T
6= Priming with NaCl (1%) & T
7= Priming with KH
2 PO
4 (1%). Pre-sowing seed treatment or priming was done by soaking of required quantity of seeds of wheat variety Mandakini K-9351 in tap water and various chemicals’ concentration for 12 hrs in ratio of 1:1 (Kg of seeds/volume of solution) by using wet gunny bags. Then the treated or primed seeds were dried in shade to maintain the seed moisture content approximately 12 or 13%. Seed dressing was done on primed and untreated (control) by Thiram (2.5%). Seeds priming were KNO
3 @ 2.5% on wheat variety Mandakini (K-9351) significantly improved the seed quality with percent increase of 15.30 & 20.96 in 1000 seed weight (g), 4.47 & 5.08 in germination (%), 16.03 & 20.91 in seedling length (cm), 27.22 & 40.12 in seedling dry weight (g), 21.29 & 28.86 in SVI-I, 24.86 & 46.81 in SVI-II, 5.75 & 5.51 in E.C. value and 12.72 & 8.92 in protein content over unprimed or control under irrigated and rain fed conditions, respectively.
Bazil Avinash Singh, CB Singh Gangwar, Poonam Singh and CL Maurya. Effect of seed priming on quality parameters of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds harvested under irrigated & rainfed conditions. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2017;6(4):1646-1650.