Author(s):
Alok Kumar, AL Jatav, Poonam Singh, Madhukar Singh, Rishabh K Singh and Pradeep Kumar
Abstract:
An experiment was conducted to study the “Effect of seed priming on germination and seed quality parameters of lentil” (
Lens culinaris Medic.) in the Seed Testing Laboratory of Department of Seed Science and Technology, C. S. Azad university of Agriculture and Technology, on lentil variety KLS-218. The experiment was comprised ten seed priming treatments
viz., T
0- Control, T
1- Seed priming with
Trichoderma harzianum @ 1.5%, T
2- Seed priming with GA
3 @ 50ppm, T
3- Seed priming with Vitavax power @ 0.25%, T
4 - Seed priming with GA
3 @ 50ppm + seed coating with
Trichoderma harzianum @ 15g/kg seed, T
5- Seed treatment with Bavistin @ 3g/kg seed, T
6- Seed priming with sodium molybdate @ 500 ppm, T
7- Seed priming with sodium molybdate @ 500ppm + seed coating with
Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg, T
8- Seed priming with water, T
9- Seed priming with leaf extract of
Lantana camara @ 10%. The present investigation revealed that seed priming with sodium molybdate @ 500 ppm + seed coating with
Trichoderma harzianum @ 15g/ kg seed was significantly highest performance to improved the germination and seed quality parameters with 1000 seed wt. (19.87g), germination (95.21%), seedling length (26.23cm.), seedling dry weight (0.125g.), seed vigour index-I (2497.50), seed vigour index-II (11.90), electrical conductivity (0.42) over control. Seed mycoflora (%) was recorded significantly lowest in T
5 (Seed priming with Bavistin 3g/kg seed) i.e. 5.50 (%).
Alok Kumar, AL Jatav, Poonam Singh, Madhukar Singh, Rishabh K Singh and Pradeep Kumar. Effect of seed priming on germination and seed quality parameters of lentil (Lens culinaris Medic.). J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2019;8(5):1070-1072.