Vol. 6 (1) : January-February 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (1) : 100-102 ; January-February, 2015
Effect of hydropriming technique for the improvement of seed quality and yield of pigeonpea
PRITI A. SONKAMBLE1*, ARUNA S. KATOLE2 and MADHURI M. SADAFALE3
Seed Technology Research Unit, Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Seed Res. Officer *(sonkamble.priti74@gmail.com), 2,3Junior Research Assistant
Subject : Seed Science Technology
Paper No. : P-1954
Total Pages : 3
Received : 07 May 2014
Revised accepted : 12 December 2014
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Citation :
PRITI A. SONKAMBLE, ARUNA S. KATOLE and MADHURI M. SADAFALE. 2015. Effect of hydropriming technique for the improvement of seed quality and yield of pigeonpea. Green Farming Vol. 6 (1) : 100-102 ; January-February, 2015
ABSTRACT
An investigation was carried out to study the effect of hydropriming technology on seed quality parameter and yield of pigeonpea.The field experiment was laid out in FRBD with two factors i.e. various priming period and different seed: water ratio (w/v) in three replication. The significant superiority of hydropriming seeds over unprimed seeds in pigeonpea was observed. Hydroprimimg seed treatment for 8 hrs with 1:2 seed:water ratio helps to improve the seed quality and subsequently seed yield of pigeonpea which ultimately helps to improve the socio-economic standard of seed growers and farmers in general.
Key words :
Hydropriming, Germination, Moisture content, Seed quality parameters, Speed of germination, Vigour index.
