Effect of presowing seed pelleting treatment using botanical leaf powders and biofertilizers on growth and yield characters in blackgram (Vigna mungo [L.] Hepper) variety VBN 5

Abstract

Field experiment was conducted to study the effect of seed pelleting using plant leaf powders and biofertilizers on seed quality parameters of blackgram. Pelleting is one of the physical presowing seed management techniques, in which individual seed are enriched with bio active substances on the seed surface to enhance the vigour of the seed. 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 for growth and yield parameters when compared to control.