Effect of pre-sowing seed treatment with micronutrients and growth regulators on yield and seed quality parameters of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

The present study was carried out on effect of pre-sowing seed treatment with micronutrients and growth regulators on yield and seed quality parameters of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The experiment was carried out at Field Experimentation Centre of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences. Prayagraj (UP) during Rabi-2018. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Blocked Design and comprised of 13 treatments and each replicated 3 time in (Field parameters) and Completely Randomised Design comprised of 13 treatments and each replicated 4 times (lab parameters). In plant growth, yield and quality parameters of chickpea var. ‘Radhey’ treatment T8 (Gibberellic acid -0.5%) has shown maximum performance followed by T2 (ZnSO4 -0.5%) and the least performance was observed in T0(control) when compared with other treatments.