Effect of seed pelleting on seed quality parameters in blackgrm [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]

Abstract

Laboratory experiment was conducted to study the effect of seed pelleting using plant leaf powders and biofertilizers on seed quality parameters of blackgram. Seed pelleting is the process of pelleting is given as a presowing seed treatment which act as a boon to the farmers. The seeds of blackgram were given pelleting treatments viz., neem leaf powder, pungam leaf powder, prosopis leaf powder, nochi leaf powder, rhizobium biofertilizer, azospirillum biofertilizer and sown along with control. The results revealed that pungam leaf powder @ 200g per kg recorded the higher values when compared to other treatments under laboratory condition.